A hot air balloon pilot made a dramatic “split-second” decision to land in a narrow, car-lined residential street in Bedford on Saturday morning, avoiding potential damage to houses, cars, and power lines.

A hot air balloon carrying 34 passengers crash-landed late Wednesday in Friesland, northern Netherlands, leaving one person dead and five others injured, local authorities reported.

At least eight people were killed when a hot air balloon with 21 passengers caught fire in southern Brazil on Saturday.