Air balloon crashes near Melbourne after gas tank fire

  • Updated
  • 26/12/2018

A woman has been taken to hospital after a hot air balloon crashed in Australia.

The hot air balloon crashed over Victoria's Yarra Valley near Melbourne on Wednesday after a gas tank caught fire, 7 News reports.

The woman, 27, was taken to hospital for observation, ABC News reports, while none of the other 11 people on board were injured.

It comes after a hot air balloon carrying three couples last week was blown off course and caught in trees before landing in Melbourne's north-east.

Earlier this year, a hot air balloon filled with tourists came down rapidly at Dixons Creek, about 25km outside Melbourne.  

Passengers were thrown from the basket after the balloon stalled at around 500m, before descending rapidly and making a hard landing.

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