MOSCOW — MOSCOW - A meteorite shower over central Russia injured 1,000 people Friday, authorities said, with most of the wounds caused by shards of flying glass.
The burning rocks damaged buildings and shook the ground as they crashed into six towns in the Chelyabinsk region, an area of the Urals 1,000 miles east of Moscow.
Russian official said 200 children were among the injured, according to the Interfax news agency. Forty people remain in hospital, including two with serious injuries. All schools and kindergartens in Chelyabinsk have been closed for the day.
Authorities said the damage could have been far worse had the meteorite fragments not fallen in such a sparsely populated area.
"There was a big fireball, which then descended. The whole thing lasted a few seconds," a resident of the area told Itar-Tass.
Residents also said they saw flashes, explosions and smoke clouds in the sky.Read on...
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