Fire hazards ground Snowmass Balloon Festival

Fire hazards ground Snowmass Balloon Festival

The 50th annual Snowmass Balloon Festival will not see the sky next weekend amid heightened fire hazard.  The decision will keep vehicles that would normally track airborne balloons from driving through tall brush, mitigating risk of ignition by exhaust pipe or other hot car parts, according to event officials.  The flight cancellation will also reduce the fire risk posed by balloons’ propane-driven flames and heated burners. Though in past year…