• Incident was outside Luxor, close to the famous Valley of the Kings
• Witnesses heard an explosion, saw smoke and then it fell from the sky
• British artist Joe Bampton, his girlfriend Suzanna Gyetvai died in tragedy
• Hospital receptionist Yvonne Rennie, from Scotland, also killed in blaze
  
• Casualties: British, French, Japanese and Chinese nationals
  
• Witness: 'People were jumping from the height of a seven-storey building'
• The catastrophe may be the deadliest hot air balloon accident in history

This was the terrifying moment a hot air balloon exploded in a fireball 1,000ft above the Valley Of The Kings In Egypt.

It emerged as the British tourists who were killed in the early morning tragedy were pictured for the first time.

Joe Bampton, 40, and Yvonne Rennie were among 19 tourists killed today during an early morning flight over the ancient ruins of Luxor when their balloon caught fire and exploded after it hit a power line.

British resident Suzanna Gyetvai, 34, the girlfriend of Mr Bampton, also died in the blaze which killed 19 tourists.

The green hot air balloon can be seen as it took off, before exploding and plunging to earth in Egypt

Before the blaze: This picture shows the basket carrying tourists that exploded and plunged to earth

Tragedy: At least 19 foreign tourists, including some British citizens, have been killed after their hot air balloon exploded and fell from the sky