Published on Feb 15, 2013
2:11 PM
MOSCOW (AFP) - A meteor shower rained down on central Russia on
Friday, sowing panic as the hurtling space debris exploded in the
air, blew out windows and left several people injured, officials
and agencies reported.
"A meteorite disintegrated above the Urals (mountain range in
central Russia), partially burning up in the lower atmosphere," the
local office of the national emergencies ministry said in a
satement.
"Fragments of the meteorite reached Earth, falling in sparsely
populated areas in the Chelyabinsk region," it said.
"According to preliminary information, four people have been
injured by flying glass," it said. "At 11am local time (1pm
Singapore time), we received numerous calls of panic, power cuts
and contusions," Interfax cited the local government as saying.
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