One of the survivors in the accident in which eight people died from a fire, and the fall of a balloon ball in the south of Brazil was Pilot.
The balloon basket enters the vacuum. Photo:@MBITOCOM / X
After the rescuers were treated and examined, the person told the authorities the moments that the fire absorbed the basket that was He transported 21 people.
According to the pilot, The fire would begin with the “torch”, which was inside the basket, Police Luis Lemos, responsible for the police station of the municipality of PRIA Grande, in the press, where these trips are regularly made by tourists who often visit famous beaches.
“He could not say whether there was a torch or there was a spontaneous flame,” Lemos explained. This tool is usually used to ignite balloons.
When the fire is untied The pilot made a maneuver to go down and allow passengers to jump from the basket, According to firefighters.
Eight people could not leave the basket. With less weight and fire at its base, the balloon rose again, and then lost.
There are 13 survivors as a result of the accident. Photo:@Platinoxplay / x
Four of these people died by carbonized and four for abandoning themselves from a height, Lieutenant Colonel Colonel Zevir Chipriano the Younger is described in detail in the press of the fire department.
In the video that distributes on social networks, some passengers are observed, throwing themselves into the void from the burning globe.
Then the basket fell right in the post of health, starting another fire in this place.
The Governor of the state, Giorgino Mello, said on Saturday morning in his account on the social network X, where he expressed the confusion of the authorities and the population before the accident.
The balloon worked with irregular documentation. Photo:@adiscusion / x
“We are alarmed by the accident The balloon in Piest Grand, on Saturday morning. Our rescue team is already on the spot, ”the president said.
In addition, Mello confirmed the salvation Thirteen survivors From which did not exceed the details about their state of health.
Brazilian President Luis Inasio Lula da Silva also sent to the victim.
“I would like to express my solidarity with the families of victims An accident in a balloon occurred on Saturday morning in Santa Catarin. I granted the federal government to the victims, as well as the state and municipal forces that work on the salvation and attention of the survivors, ”the president wrote in his official X.
The authorities reported that the globe acted with irregular documentation and The pilot was arrested on the spot.