Police say theyve narrowed down the search but theyve not found the two remaining passengers. Weve also found kind of a debris field. We found different items that would have been inside the hotair balloon. This is very helpful for us in our search efforts, because now we have an area of concentration. And that appears to be the moment when youre seeing here what appears to be the moment when the burning basket fell away from the balloon. Weve got more on the accident now that happened just before 8 00 last night. Authorities say that hotair balloon participating in the midatlantic Balloon Festival near richmond drifted into power lines and caused the basket to burst into flames. The balloon then continued to fly away and that basket, as we saw, right here looking like a fireball in the night sky. The pictures are unbelievable. One witness reported hearing two people screaming as they jumped from that burning basket. And you could hear them screaming, please, dear god, sweet jeez sujes
Welcome. Welcome to our viewers in the u. S. And around the world, this is cnn newsroom. I appreciate you joining us on this sunday. Lets get right to our top story. Balloting underway in a controversial referendum in Eastern Ukraine. The polls opened today despite calls by both kiev and moscow to cancel the election. The referendum asked a simple question do you support the active independence, yes or no. This comes just after deadly clashes between pro russian militants and ukrainian troops in the region. At least seven people were killed in mariupol. And we have several reporters and well speak with everybody. And you are at one of the many polling stations there. Talk about how the turnout is and who is turning out. Well, turnout has been quite good. We have been to at least two stations here, we have seen dozens of people come out across the morning. On the right, you can see people are coming in and they have to show passport or i. D. In order to register. But theyre working off
Lady Michelle Obama is part of it. Hear how the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls is impacting her. First up, a grim search is under way right now in a wooded area north of richmond, virginia. Crews are looking for one of the victims of a fiery hot ire balloon accident. Three people were onboard when the balloon hit a live utility line and burst into flames. Two of the victims are confirmed dead. Here is an i eyewitness describing the tragic scene add flames engulfed the balloon. You could hear them screaming, please, dear god. Sweet jesus, help us. Were going to die. Oh, my god, please help us. Please help us more now from cnns erin mcpike. Reporter fred, Virginia State police wrapped up a News Conference just a short time ago, and they said theyve located the second victim, of course, earlier in the day they said this has moved from a rescue mission to a recovery operation, so now they are still looking for the third victim, and will continue the search until that turned victim i
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