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| Central Russia hit by meteor shower in Ural region | Central Russia hit by meteor shower in Ural region |
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| A meteor shower has exploded over central Russia, injuring dozens and shattering windows. | |
| Brightly burning rocks could be seen for hundreds of kilometres as they crashed into the Ural region. | Brightly burning rocks could be seen for hundreds of kilometres as they crashed into the Ural region. |
| Chelyabinsk residents reported shaking ground, windows being shattered and car alarms being set off during the shower. | Chelyabinsk residents reported shaking ground, windows being shattered and car alarms being set off during the shower. |
| The traces from falling objects could be seen in Yekaterinburg, about 200km (125 miles) south-east of Chelyabinsk, a witness told the Reuters news agency. | The traces from falling objects could be seen in Yekaterinburg, about 200km (125 miles) south-east of Chelyabinsk, a witness told the Reuters news agency. |
| At least 100 people - many injured by broken glass - have been taken to hospital for treatment, medical officials in the city have said. | |
| 'Burning objects' | |
| A witness in Chelyabinsk told Reuters that a huge blast was heard early on Friday morning and that shockwaves were felt in a 19-storey building in the town centre. | A witness in Chelyabinsk told Reuters that a huge blast was heard early on Friday morning and that shockwaves were felt in a 19-storey building in the town centre. |
| The Interfax news agency said that preliminary reports indicated that four people were injured by flying glass. | The Interfax news agency said that preliminary reports indicated that four people were injured by flying glass. |
| People in the Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk regions reported seeing "burning objects" in the sky, which also fell on the cities of Yekaterinburg and Tyumen - a sparsely populated area of about 500km (310 miles). | |
| About 600 sq m (6,000 sq ft) of a roof at a zinc factory collapsed, the Associated Press quoted an interior ministry spokesman as saying. | |
| The Chelyabinsk region is Russia's industrial heartland, an area that has many factories, a nuclear power plant and the Mayak atomic waste storage and treatment centre. | |
| The emergencies ministry said that thousands of rescue workers had been dispatched to the area to provide help to the injured. | |
| Officials say that the shower began after a large meteorite disintegrated above the Urals mountain range and partially burned up in the lower atmosphere - resulting in fragments falling earthwards throughout the Chelyabinsk region. | |
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