Hot-air balloon fire kills two in Mexico

Two people were killed and a girl injured after a hot-air balloon caught fire and collapsed at an archaeological tourist site north of Mexico City.

A 50-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman died in the incident on Saturday at the Teotihuacan ruins north of the capital, local authorities said.

A girl, whose age was not given, suffered burns and a broken arm.

The victims jumped out of the balloon's gondola, authorities said.

Footage posted on social media showed the balloon on fire.

It was unclear if there were any other passengers aboard the balloon, which is said to have caught fire near the Pyramid of the Sun.

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Teotihuacan is a popular tourist attraction known for its pyramids dating to the pre-Hispanic era.

Several tour operators offer hot-air balloon rides at the site.

Hot-air balloon accidents are relatively rare.

Five people died in the US state of New Mexico in 2021 when a hot-air balloon struck power lines, catching fire before crashing into a busy street.

Nineteen people were killed in 2013 after their hot-air balloon caught fire and deflated mid-air in Luxor, Egypt.

Several people have since been injured in balloon accidents in the same area.

Rides were grounded in Luxor in September after several balloons drifted near the city's airport.

Uefa Nations League: How it works

The Uefa Nations League, introduced last year, has reached its final stage, to be played over five days in northern Portugal. The format of its closing tournament is compact, spread over two semi-finals, with the first, Portugal versus Switzerland in Porto on Wednesday evening, and the second, England against the Netherlands, in Guimaraes, on Thursday.

The winners of each semi will then meet at Porto’s Dragao stadium on Sunday, with the losing semi-finalists contesting a third-place play-off in Guimaraes earlier that day.

Qualifying for the final stage was via League A of the inaugural Nations League, in which the top 12 European countries according to Uefa's co-efficient seeding system were divided into four groups, the teams playing each other twice between September and November. Portugal, who finished above Italy and Poland, successfully bid to host the finals.

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