I SPOKE WITH A FORMER FIREFIGHTER WHO RECALLS THAT DREADFUL DAY. IT HAS BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE SMOKEY BEAR STRUCK THE 670 FOOT RADIO TOWER JUST WEST OF BALLOON FIESTA PARK. THERE WAS A MEDEVAC ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The new Smokey Bear special shape balloon has made its debut. After more than 20 years in operation, it was time for the last hot air balloon to be replaced.

That balloon has since landed. Has anything like this happened before?Yes. Twenty years ago Friday a Smokey Bear hot air balloon slammed into a radio tower near Balloon Fiesta Park.Two children ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A hot-air balloon struck and collapsed ... the path of the collapsed tower. In 2004, a balloon shaped like the face of Smokey Bear got wrapped around a radio tower during ...

A hot-air balloon hit a radio tower in New ... is structurally stable," Harris said. In 2004, a balloon shaped like the face of Smokey Bear got wrapped around a radio tower during the festival ...

A hot air balloon struck ... International Balloon Fiesta, said the Federal Aviation Administration, which is investigating. In 2004, a balloon shaped like a bear's face got wrapped around the ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WKRC/KRQE/CBS Newspath) - A hot air balloon crashed into a radio tower. A hot air balloon collided with KKOB’s radio tower, causing it to collapse in Albuquerque’s North ...

A hot air balloon knocked over a radio tower in Albuquerque, which was just one of a few dangerous mishaps during this year’s popular balloon festival.

But it wasn’t all smooth sailing for this year’s hot air balloon event. One balloon partially caught fire Saturday after hitting power lines and landing at a construction site in northwest ...

New Mexicans will surely remember watching the Smokey Bear balloon crash into a radio tower, putting the lives of the pilot and two young boys in jeopardy. Thursday was the 20th anniversary of ...