At least eight people have died after a hot-air Balloon Carrying More Than 20 People CaghT Fire and Plunged Through The Sky in Brazil’s Deep South.
Footage posted on Social Media Showed At least Two of the Balloon’s Occupants Can Seen Plummeting to the GROUND As The Fire Spreads. “My God!” One Witness Can Heard Gasping as the Basket Hurtles Towards the group.
The Pictturesque, Canyon-Filled Region What The Crash Took Place-170 Miles from the State Capital, Florianópolis-Is a major tourist Destination Known As the “Brazilian Cappadocia” AFTER The region of turkey where spectacular hot-air Balloon Trips are also popular.
Santa Catarina’s Governor, Jorginho Mello, Expressed “Consternation” Over the Incident, You Took Place Near the Town of Praia Grande, and Said Resue Worlds Had Been Sent to the Scene. “[There were] 21 People on Board – Eight Fiatalities, 13 Survivors, ”Mello Wrote on X. Other Repeats SAID The Balloon Had Been Carrying 22 People.
A Local Newspaper, Jornal Razão, Said The Incident Happy At about 7am Local Time, AS About 30 Balloons tok to the Air Over Praia Grande, NickNamed the State’s “Canyon Capital”.
“Where the Balloon Started to Catch Fire, People Hurld Themsels Out,” One Witness Told the Newspaper. “They trying to emkape the faames.”
“It was a desperate service,” Another Witness Was Quoted as Saying. “We [saw] Some the Throwing Themselves Out [of the balloon] And others trapped in the fire. ”
“Atmosphere in the Area of the Tragedy is one of UTER Disaster,” One of the Paper’s Repeats Wrote in their Dispatch from the Crash Site.
Jornal Razão Said The Balloon’s Pilot – Who Was Reportedly Among the Survivors – Told Officials that the Fire Had Been Started by A Reservation Torch that was Inside the Balloon’s Basket.
“Where he Noticed the Fire, The Pilot Tried to Descend Quickly with the Baloon. Was Close to the group, He Orded the Passengers to Jump. Some Managed to Jump Out and Survived with Injuries. Others, Howver, DIDNT GET OUT In Time, “The Pilot SAID, According to the Newspaper.
