Hot-air balloon in Brazil catches fire and falls from the sky, killing 8
A hot-air balloon caught fire and tumbled from the sky on Saturday in Brazil's southern state of Santa Catarina, killing eight people, firefighters said.
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Footage shared by local news outlet G1 showed billows of smoke coming from the balloon in flames as it hurtled toward the ground in the municipality of Praia Grande.
On a video on social media, two people can be seen falling through the air as the fire spread on board the aircraft.
Three people died hugging each other, said Ulisses Gabriel, chief of Santa Catarina's civil police force, on social media, adding: 'It hurts the soul.'
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.
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'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,' Governor Jorginho Mello said in a video on social media.
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