Update: Over 400 Reported Injured in Meteor Strike Above Central Russia [View all]
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Source: NDTV
Over 400 reported injured in meteor strike above central Russia
Edited by Sabyasachi Dasgupta | Updated: February 15, 2013 14:07 IST
Moscow: A meteor streaked across the sky over Russia's Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring more than 400 people.
Damage was reported in six towns, according to news agency AFP.
Fragments of the meteor fell in a thinly populated area of the Chelyabinsk region, the Emergency Ministry said in a statement. (Watch video of meteor shower)
Interior Ministry spokesman Vadim Kolesnikov said 102 people had called for medical assistance following the incident, mostly for treatment of injuries from glass broken by the explosions.
Reports conflicted on what exactly happened in the clear skies. A spokeswoman for the Emergency Ministry, Irina Rossius, told The Associated Press that there was a meteor shower, but another ministry spokeswoman, Elena Smirnikh, was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying it was a single meteorite.
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