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A Hot Air Balloon Loaded with Fireworks Explodes and Falls Onto a Crowd of People

A hot air balloon loaded with fireworks exploded and fell onto a crowd during a festival in Myanmar last week.  Nine people were injured, none seriously. It’s a yearly festival…

BRISTOL, ENGLAND – AUGUST 7: Balloons are shown at the evening show of the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta at the Ashton Court Estate August 7, 2003 in Bristol, England. More than half a million people are expected for the four-day event, billed as Europe’s largest annual hot-air balloon show. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

(Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

A hot air balloon loaded with fireworks exploded and fell onto a crowd during a festival in Myanmar last week. 

Nine people were injured, none seriously.

It's a yearly festival and the "balloons with the fireworks inside" are always part of it . . . and people always get injured.  Sometimes they die.