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Media in Hong Kong demand a full inquiry after nine of the territory's residents were among 19 tourists killed in a hot air balloon fire in Egypt's Luxor on Tuesday.
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According to Sharif, a fire broke out in the balloon while the workers were trying to land it, just feet from the ground.
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The balloon itself catches fire with a flash, and in an instant, it bursts and falls as a fireball to the ground, trailing smoke.
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Fire also brought down the balloon in Tuesday's Luxor crash.
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"I saw tourists catching fire and they were jumping from the balloon, " said Hassan Abdel-Rasoul, a farmer in al-Dhabaa.
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The fire detonated a gas canister and the balloon plunged about 300 meters (1, 000 feet) to the ground, crashing in a sugar cane field outside al-Dhabaa village just west of Luxor, a security official said.
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The pilot and a British passenger jumped to safety when the fire erupted, which affected the balance of the balloon, sending more heat into its "envelope" and causing it to climb rapidly, he said.
BBC: Egypt balloon crash: Two Britons and UK resident die
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The balloon then quickly gained altitude before the fire caused the gas canister to explode and it fell to the ground in a sugar cane field outside the village of al-Dhabaa, west of Luxor, an Egyptian security official said.
BBC: Egypt balloon crash: Two Britons and UK resident die
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When fire broke out, the 49-year-old jumped from the balloon's basket but Mrs Rennie, who was 48, was among 19 tourists killed.
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Mohammed Youssef, a pilot of another balloon which was in the air nearby at the time, told the Guardian newspaper that the fire started when it was 3m from the ground and was caused by a gas leak.
BBC: Egypt balloon crash: Two Britons and UK resident die