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Roof of primary school damaged during balloon flight
The roof of a primary school and nursery was damaged on Friday morning by a hot air balloon attempting to land.
The descent of the balloon that was partaking in the first flight of the Bristol Balloon Fiesta weekend got a little too close and clipped the building in Knowle West.
Fortunately, the passengers in the JLL-branded balloon were fine with the pilot of the balloon managing to continue after hitting the school and landing safely in the school’s playing field.
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Video of the incident shows the basket of the balloon at a perilous angle after it crashed into the roof of the school.
Claire Robinson, regional director for South West Primary at Oasis Community Learning confirmed in a statement that the roof of Oasis Academy Connaught on Melvin Square had been damaged.
The school was unoccupied due to the summer holidays and no-one harmed; with site manager, Rob Rice, able to attend very swiftly.
Rice discovered that “the incident caused minor damage to the roof tiles”, which are being repaired by a contractor as soon as possible.
Clare remained in good spirits: “Most, importantly, we’re incredibly thankful that everyone us safe and that the balloon was able to carefully land in the school field, without disturbing the festivities.”
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