Horrifying video captured the tragic moment a man fell to his death after dangling from a hot air balloon on fire.
The tragedy occurred on Sunday at the First Balloon Festival in Zacatecas, Zacatecas in Mexico, Rodrigo Reyes Mugüerza, the Secretary General of Zacatecas, confirmed on social media.
The horrific video footage showed the hot air balloon traveling in the air as the bottom half was engulfed in flames.
As smoke billowed from the balloon, a person could be seen dangling on a rope in the sky.
Mugüerza said that a participant “lost his life” after an “unfortunate incident” while on board a hot air balloon.
Such events raise broader questions about public safety liability, personal injury claims, and emergency trauma care coverage in recreational aviation incidents.
