TITLE: BALLOON FIRETYPE : VO/SOTSTORY TIME: :50
NAME: MIRIAM AVILA
SUPER: JohnKageorge / Spokesmanof Fantasy BalloonChartersSUPER: JohnKageorge / Spokesmanof Fantasy BalloonCharters(MIRIAM AVILA)A HOT AIR BALLOON HAD AN UNEXPECTED CRASHLANDING LAST NIGHT LEAVING TWO DEAD AND SEVERALOTHERS INJURED.(VO)12 PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD, WHEN THE HOT AIRBALLOON CAUGHT ON FIRE.THE PILOT SAYS MOST PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO GETOFF IN TIME, BUT POLICE FOUND THE DEAD BODIES OF AMOTHER AND A DAUGHTER TODAY.THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL A MYSTERY, BUTSPOKESMAN FOR FANTASY BALLOON CHARTERS, JOHNKAGEORGE, TELLS US THEY DID KNOW ONE THING.(SOT: 04)Kageorge: “We do know that we immediately asked everybody todisembark from this aircraft and the crew helped passengers getout.”(VO)WITNESSES SAY THAT PASSENGERS SCREAMED ANDBAILED OUT OF THE FLAMING BASKET AS IT ROSE SEVERALFEET BEFORE CRASHING.(SOT: 08)Kageorge: “Hot air balloons lift because of heat; this firecaused the balloon to lift, and eventually that lift power and firecaused it to break from its tether and it traveled a short distance