The accident is likely to be one of the deadliest hot air balloon crashes on record. Emergency responders in Texas said the fire hit the basket portion of the hot air balloon. It comes about three years after 19 people, mostly Asian and European tourists, were killed in a hot air balloon crash in Luxor, Egypt. At least 16 people were feared dead after a hot air balloon caught fire and crashed in a pasture near the central Texas city of Lockhart on Saturday morning, according to federal and local authorities. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the Lockhart crash, about 30 miles (50 km) south of Austin.

Source: Thanhnien News July 30, 2016 17:37 UTC