Two individuals have died after a hot-air balloon flying close to Mexico’s famed Teotihuacan archeological website caught fireplace, the federal government stated Saturday.
“The passengers jumped from the balloon,” the federal government of the state of Mexico stated in an announcement, including {that a} baby suffered burns.
It recognized the victims as a 39-year-old lady and a 50-year-old man, with out offering their names. It stated the minor had suffered second-degree burns to the face in addition to a fracture of the precise femur.
It didn’t say whether or not there have been another passengers on the balloon.
A video posted on social media reveals the balloon’s gondola on fireplace, in a superbly clear sky.
Several tour operators supply balloon flights over Teotihuacan, some 45 miles (70 kilometers) northeast of Mexico City, for round $150.
With its Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, and its Avenue of the Dead, Teotihuacan is a well-liked vacationer vacation spot, a surviving monument to the pre-Columbian interval. —Agence France-Presse
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
