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Initial fears of a third fatality proved unfounded. No other aircraft and no-one on the ground were involved, investigators said.
The balloon also contained four liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders which were venting gas. Crews used three high pressure hose-reels to extinguish the fire.
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Don Cameron, who owns Bristol-based Cameron Balloons, said it was difficult to speculate what could have gone wrong, but it was the first fatal balloon crash in the local area for 40 years. Yesterday, tributes were being paid to Allan Burnett and Lee Pibworth.
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"The first fatal crash in the local area" implies to me that it happens all the time not in the local area.
Extra sad that the berth was given to Mr.Burnett as a Christmas gift from his son, the usual co-pilot.
That's eerily similar to a hot-air balloon crash that happened here a few years ago. In that case, two people in the basket died and the balloon crashed into a trailer park. I wonder if perhaps the cause was similar...
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