The balloon is owned by the company Aerostar, and is on a test-run around the Midwest.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A hot-air balloon caught fire and tumbled from the sky on Saturday in Brazil ’s southern state of Santa Catarina, killing eight people, firefighters said.

A hot-air balloon has caught fire and tumbled from the sky in Brazil's southern state of Santa Catarina, killing eight people. Thirteen people survived and were taken to hospitals on Saturday.

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News 8 dead, 13 hurt in Brazil after hot-air balloon catches fire, falls from sky Three people died hugging each other, said Ulisses Gabriel, chief of Santa Catarina’s civil police force, on X.

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A hot-air balloon has caught fire and tumbled from the sky in Brazil’s southern state of Santa Catarina, killing eight people.