It seems a bit unlikely to be hit by one. meteorite, after all, as far as anyone knows, these chances are very slim. At least that's what astronomers claim! A man residing in California, in the United States, ended up being part of this almost minuscule probability of being hit by a piece of debris. According to the American report, a fire ball hit his house and completely destroyed it. Understand the case.
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“I heard a loud bang. I started to smell smoke. I went out on my porch, and it was completely engulfed in flames," said Dustin Procita, owner of the property hit in Nevada County. See below how this unusual episode took place where a house was ruined by a meteorite.
How did the fire happen?
Around 7:30 pm last Friday, the 4th, the Department in Firemen of Penn Valley was reported of a house fire near Lake Englebright. Firefighters went there and spent around four hours trying to put out the fire caused by the meteorite. Luckily, Dustin Procita managed to escape in time with his life, but his dog, Tug, ended up being trapped in the residence.
"Theythey said that it was a meteor.II attended to meteor showers and things like when I was a kid, but I definitely didn't expect that theylandon my backyard or at themy roof“,he said Procites.
Reports of the event
Residents of the region claimed to have seen a large glowing ball falling from the sky towards the same area where Procita's residence was located. There are also some videos circulating on the internet about the reported event.
Meteorites are small pieces of asteroids that eventually fall to Earth. When these fragments penetrate the Earth's atmosphere, they begin to catch fire and become a powerful fireball. When seen from the sky, they are called "shooting stars".
Dustin Procita claimed that he feels lucky to still be alive: “They say éonechancein4 trillion. Acho what I canto finishshoppinga ticket lottery today“. The BEmployees are still studying the main cause of the fire. The result of the analysis should come out within a few weeks.
similar cases
As this episode is not normal, much less frequent, there are few reports of something like this. What we can remember is that in 1954, also in the United States, more precisely in the state of Texas, a woman was sleeping on her sofa when a meteorite hit her ceiling and fell right out of her side.
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