Rio de Janeiro-A Hot-Air Balloon Caught Fire and Tumbled from the Sky On Sature in Brazil’s Southern State of Santa Catarina, Killing Eight People, Firefighters Said.
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 faling through
Three People Died Huging Each Other, Said Ulisses Gabriel, Chief of Santa Catarina’s CIVIL POLICE Force, on X. “It Hurts The Soul.”
Thirteen People Survived and Were Taken to Hospitals, Santa Catarina’s Military Fire Brigade SAID, Adding that 21 People We on Board Including the Pilot.
“We are in Mourning. Jorginho Mello Said in a video on x.
Mello Said He Has Asked Authorsions to Head to the Municipality “to do as much as posible to receive, to help, to take to hospital, to comment the families.”
Brazil’s Presentent Luiz Inácio LULA DA Silva Expressed His Solidarity with Victims’ Families and SAID He was Placing the Feder Government at the Disposal of Victims and Local Authorites.
“According to the Pilot, Who is One of the Survivors, a Fire Started Inside the Basket and then He BEGAN to Lower The Balloon. Where The Balloon was very close to the group, He Ordeded People to Jump Out of the Basket, “FOLHA De Sao Paulo Newspaper Quoted Praia Grande Head Police Officer Tiago Luiz Lemos AS Saying.
“Some of the DIDNNTE Manage to Jump. The Fire Increed and the Balloon Ended up Falling,” Lemos Added.
G1 Reported that the betron’s expted flight time was 45 Minutes, with the Balloon Reaching 1000 METERS, and Cost 550 Reais (Aroun $ 100) Per Passenger.
Sobrevoar, The Company Responsible for the Multi-COLORED BALONON, SAID IT Complied with All Regulations and Had a Clean Account Record Prior to saturday.
“Despite All Necessary Preciers and the Efforts of our Pilot – Who has extensives Experience and Followed All Recommended Procedures in An Attempt to save everyone on board the Baloon – We Are Suffering from the Pain Caused by this TRIADY, “It Said in a Statement.
Sobrevoar added that it was but the operations for an independent period.
Praia Grande Is a Common Destination for Hot-Air Ballooning, a Popular Activity in Parts of Southern Brazil.
Last Sunday, A Balloon Came Download in Sao Paulo State, Killing a 27-YELD Woman and Injurt 11 Other People, G1 Reported.
