A hot air balloon traveling above the well-known Teotihuacan archaeological site near Mexico City caught fire, resulting in two fatalities and three injuries.
The hot-air balloon’s internal fire caused it to collapse, which is when the tragedy occurred. According to municipal authorities, they got a call at 8:40 on Saturday morning reporting an issue with a hot air balloon at the Teotihuacan ancient site.
The state of Mexico’s government claimed in a statement that “the passengers leaped from the balloon,” adding that one youngster had second-degree burns to the face and a fracture as a consequence of the accident.
Without mentioning their identities, it said that the victims were a 50-year-old male and a 39-year-old woman. The right femur of the child was fractured, along with second-degree burns to his face, according to the report.
There was no mention of more people aboard the balloon.
Social media users shared a video of the balloon’s gondola on fire in a clear sky.
For around $150, a number of tour companies offer hot air balloon rides above Teotihuacan, which is located about 45 miles (70 kilometers) northeast of Mexico City.
Teotihuacan, a pre-Columbian ruin that still stands with its Boulevard of the Dead and Pyramids of the Sun and Moon, is a well-liked tourist site.
One of the biggest in the ancient world, the attraction was constructed a thousand years before the Aztecs. Every year, millions of travelers from across the globe visit it.