Photos from the scene after hot air balloon carrying at least 16 crashes in Texas
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A hot air balloon crashed and caught fire in Lockhart, Tex., about 30 miles outside of Austin. Authorities say it’s unlikely the 16 people on board survived.
Aug. 1, 2016 A crew hoists a bag holding the remains of a hot air balloon onto a truck at the scene near Lockhart, Tex. Sixteen people were killed Saturday when the balloon crashed. Deborah Cannon/AP
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Before Saturday, the highest number of deaths in a single hot air balloon crash was six and occurred in 1993 in Colorado, according to statistics cited by CNN.
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