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Hot air balloon with 16 aboard crashes in Texas

(CNN)[Breaking news update, published at 12:43 p.m. ET]

There are no survivors in the crash of a hot air balloon Saturday in Lockhart, Texas, the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office said in a statement to CNN affiliate TWC News Austin.
The Federal Aviation Administration said there were 16 people on board.
     
    [Original story, published at 12:20 p.m. ET]
    A large hot-air balloon carrying at least 16 people caught fire in flight and crashed in a central Texas pasture Saturday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
    The crash happened in Lockhart, about 30 miles south of Austin, around 7:40 a.m. CT, FAA representative Lynn Lunsford said.
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