The tourism balloon carrying 21 individuals went up in flames within the early hours of Saturday, crashing within the metropolis of Praia Grande
No less than eight individuals have been killed and 13 injured when a sizzling air balloon they have been on caught fireplace and crashed in Brazil’s southern state of Santa Catarina.
The tourism balloon carrying 21 individuals went up in flames within the early hours of Saturday, crashing within the metropolis of Praia Grande on the Atlantic coast, in line with Santa Catarina’s navy fireplace brigade.
Footage shared by native information outlet G1 confirmed billows of smoke coming from the balloon because it plummeted dozens of metres towards the bottom.
The survivors have been transported to close by hospitals, mentioned firefighters.
“We’re in mourning. A tragedy has occurred. We’ll see the way it unfolds, what occurred, why it occurred. However the vital factor now could be for the state construction to do what it will probably,” mentioned Jorginho Mello, governor of Santa Catarina, in a video on X.
Mello mentioned he had requested authorities to go to the municipality “to do as a lot as potential to rescue, to assist, to take to hospital, to consolation the households”.
Praia Grande is a standard vacation spot for hot-air ballooning, a preferred exercise in some components of Brazil’s south throughout June festivities that commemorate Catholic saints reminiscent of St John, whose feast day is on June 24.
Final Sunday, a balloon got here down in Sao Paulo state, killing a 27-year-old lady and injuring 11 different individuals, G1 reported.
