🔥🚨BREAKING: A Hot air balloon carrying 21 people caught on fire and crashed in southern Brazil.
A hot air balloon caught fire and tumbled from the sky on Saturday in Brazil’s southern state of Santa Catarina, killing at least eight people, officials said.
Footage shared by local news outlet G1 showed billows of smoke coming from the balloon in flames as it hurtled towards the ground.
Thirteen people survived and were taken to hospitals, Santa Catarina’s military fire brigade said, adding that 21 people were on board, including the pilot. In a video on social media, two people can be seen falling through the air as the fire spread onboard the aircraft.
“We are in mourning. A tragedy has happened. We will see how it unfolds, what happened, why it happened. But the important thing now is for the state structure to do what it can,” Gov. Jorginho Mello said in a video on X.
