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Egypt's balloon explosion kills 19, including 9 from Hong Kong (12)

Xinhua)  09:29, February 27, 2013  

Police and rescue officials examine the wreckage of a hot air balloon that crashed in Luxor, Egypt, on Feb. 26, 2013. Nine tourists from China's Hongkong were killed in a balloon explosion Tuesday morning in Egypt's Luxor governorate, a local health official told Xinhua. (Xinhua)

Related reading: 19 tourists killed in balloon explosion in Egypt's Luxor

Nineteen tourists were killed in a balloon explosion Tuesday morning in Egypt's Luxor governorate, state-run al-Ahram online reported.

"The explosion happened in the early morning. The pressure was too high in the balloon and then fire of the engine touched the balloon and suddenly the balloon was on fire," a local tourist guide named Mohamed told Xinhua.

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