Fireball from outer space: 1,000 injured as 40-ton meteor travelling at 33,000mph explodes over a terrified town
- Large object flashed across the sky at 9.20am local time
- Pictures show a streak of smoke followed by several bright blasts of flames
- 82 of the injured are children and two are in intensive care
- Landed in a lake near Chebarkul, a neighbouring town
- 6,000 square feet of a roof at a zinc factory collapsed
- One local said it 'was like a scene from the Armageddon movie' By Will Stewart and Fiona Macrae |
