With the Spirit of Boise Balloon Classic coming up the end of this month, a deadly hot air balloon crash in Texas that left 16 dead this weekend is hitting the entire balloon community hard.

They think the balloon hit power lines before it caught fire and fell to the ground, but there is still not a definitive cause.

Over the next few days they will be looking at different factors like the weather, human error, and equipment failure.

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