{"id":18134,"date":"2025-06-21T15:02:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T15:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/21\/at-least-8-dead-after-hot-air-balloon-accident-in-southern-brazil\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T15:02:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T15:02:39","slug":"at-least-8-dead-after-hot-air-balloon-accident-in-southern-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/21\/at-least-8-dead-after-hot-air-balloon-accident-in-southern-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 8 dead after hot air balloon accident in southern Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc6a2k5600c226p9bkwodnct@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            At least eight people are dead following an accident involving a hot air balloon in Brazil\u2019s southern region of Santa Catarina on Saturday, according to the local governor.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc6a3rtr00023j6n5t7acyj9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cWe are all shocked by the accident involving a balloon in Praia Grande, this Saturday morning. Our rescue team is already on site\u2026 So far, we have confirmed eight deaths\u201d local governor Jorginho Mello said on X.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc6a3rtr00033j6nj4rapf8m@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            He said 21 people were on board, the other 13 survived.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc6a2n6q00003j6nq8wm5hl3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Video posted to social media shows a hot air balloon catch fire while in the sky. The balloon then deflates and falls to the ground.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc6c58mt00013j6n5e3jdgvg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cWe saw two people fall from above, and soon after the basket broke, and the balloon fell,\u201d an eyewitness told local media Jornal Raz\u00e3o.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc6cc6y400033j6nvyonub09@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The eyewitness said she ran to see where the balloon fell and saw two survivors, \u201ca woman covered in mud and in a state of shock, and a man with her who was limping,\u201d as well as two bodies.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc6cik4100063j6nnmwallze@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Praia Grande is a common destination for hot-air ballooning, a popular activity in some parts of Brazil\u2019s south during June festivities that celebrate Catholic saints such as Saint John, AP reports.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc6a2k5600c326p9e39o5zog@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            <i>This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/i>    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least eight people are dead following an accident involving a hot air balloon in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}