Fiery Hot-air Balloon Tragedy Kills At Least 8 People: 'we Are In Mourning'

A hot-air balloon carrying 21 group in Brazil caught occurrence Saturday greeting and crashed, sidesplitting astatine slightest 8 people, Santa Catarina’s subject occurrence brigade said. 

The clang happened successful Santa Catarina, a authorities successful Brazil’s south, aft the fire started successful nan basket, forcing nan aviator to effort to land, officials said. 

Video shared connected societal media shows achromatic fume billowing complete nan deflated balloon arsenic it hurtles toward nan crushed successful a wooded area adjacent nan municipality of Praia Grande, which is celebrated for hot-air ballooning. 

The 13 survivors, including nan pilot, were taken to hospitals pinch chartless injuries. 

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A hot-air balloon carrying 21 group successful Brazil caught occurrence Saturday greeting and crashed, sidesplitting astatine slightest 8 people, Santa Catarina’s subject occurrence brigade said.  (CBMSC/Brazil/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The survivors managed to unrecorded by jumping retired of nan balloon erstwhile nan occurrence first began, officials said. 

The balloon astatine first began to emergence again erstwhile immoderate of nan passengers had jumped out. 

"These group ended up dying — 4 charred, and different 4 jumped retired of nan balloon erstwhile it was falling," Lt. Col. Zevir Cipriano Jr. said. 

"We are successful mourning," Santa Catarina Gov. Jorginho Mello said successful a video connected X. "A calamity has happened. We will spot really it unfolds, what happened, why it happened. But nan important point now is for nan authorities building to do what it can." 

He added that he’s asked authorities "to do arsenic overmuch arsenic possible" to thief nan victims and their families. 

Three of nan victims died hugging each other, Santa Catarina’s civilian constabulary unit Chief Ulisses Gabriel said connected societal media. 

"It hurts nan soul," he said. 

Emergency services run successful nan area wherever a hot-air balloon crashed, leaving astatine slightest 8 dormant successful Santa Catarina, Brazil, Saturday.  (CBMSC/Brazil/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Costing $100 per person, nan thrust was expected to beryllium 45 minutes agelong and scope 3,280 feet. It’s not clear what tallness nan balloon was astatine erstwhile it started to fall. 

"Despite each basal precautions and nan efforts of our aviator — who has extended acquisition and followed each recommended procedures successful an effort to prevention everyone connected committee nan balloon — we are suffering from nan symptom caused by this tragedy," nan hot-air balloon institution Sobrevoar said successful a statement.

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Sobrevoar added that it had followed each regulations for nan thrust and had a clear grounds previously. It is now suspending its operations indefinitely. 

Around 25 to 30 hot-air balloon trips time off regular from nan area, nan authorities said. 

A personnel of Brazil's Center for Investigation and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (CENIPA) walks adjacent to nan wreckage of a hot-air balloon that caught occurrence and collapsed pinch 21 group connected committee successful Praia Grande, Santa Catarina State, confederate Brazil, Saturday.  (Silvio Avila/AFP via Getty Images)

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expressed his solidarity pinch nan victims’ families and said nan national authorities was disposable to thief pinch nan investigation. 

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Last Sunday, different hot-air balloon collapsed successful Brazil’s authorities of São Paulo, sidesplitting 1 female and injuring 11 others. 

The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.