Hot Air Balloon Makes Emergency Landing On Murrieta Street

MURRIETA, CA — A Temecula Valley hot air balloon was the star attraction in a local neighborhood on Thursday morning when the operator made an emergency landing in the middle of a Murrieta street. It came to a rest in The Colony neighborhood, off Jackson Avenue, just before 8:30 a.m.

The pilot was the only person in the balloon's basket, according to reports from the scene.

"Nobody was injured and no property damaged as a result of the emergency landing," police said.

Once on the ground, the pilot deflated the balloon and his "chase vehicle" was sent to the scene to help him haul away the large item.

— Image 1 by Murrieta Police, all other images courtesy Joe Fanaselle