A hot air balloon aroused fire and fell on Saturday in the southern state of Santa Catarina in Brazil, at least eight people were killed by civil servants.
Local news outlet shared footage G1 He showed smoke from the flames when he hit the ground.
Thirteen people survived and took the hospitals, Santa Catarina’s fire brigade said, adding 21 people on board.
“Our team continues to give all the necessary support to families and victims,” the governor of Jorinho Mello said Saturday morning Send x. “We’re still checking the situation.”
No other details about the gap is immediately available.
“We are surprised by the accident,” Mello wrote Earlier social media message around the accident.
Praia Grande is a common destination for hot air balloons, in some parts of the southern Brazilian activity in the June festivities that celebrate Catholic saints like Saint John.
Last Sunday, a balloon fell in the state of Sao Paulo, killing a 27-year-old woman and 11 other injured, reported by G1.
In recent years other hot air balloons have been.
Last year, Four people died Sunday morning a hot air balloon failed Arizona. In 2024, too, a Man fell to his death From a hot air balloon Melbourne, as Australia was overcome.
In 2023, Two people died And a girl was injured after the hot air balloon were being caught near Mexico.
Five people died in 2021 The hot air balloon fell into the electric lines In Albuquerque, New Mexico.
