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Albuquerque Fire Rescue at the scene of a hot air balloon crash in an apartment complex construction site on Mildred NW, near Fourth and Candelaria, Saturday.

A hot air balloon partially caught fire after hitting power lines while landing in a construction site Saturday morning in Northwest Albuquerque.

Tom Garrity, Albuquerque International ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Fiesta spokesman, said nobody was injured, and the fire was “quickly extinguished†and only affected the balloon’s envelope.

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