A meteor shower has happened in the Chelyabinsk Region. One meteorite fell 80km from the Satkinsky District center. Specialists are investigating reports about an explosion at an altitude of 5,000-10,000 meters over Chelyabinsk, Interfax reports.
Many houses in Satki and Chelyabinsk had their windows broken. Four people were injured by broken glass at School Number 130.
About 20,000 rescuers are in a state of high alert in the Ural region. Ships are checking the coastlines, RIA Novosti reports.
Locals in Yekaterinburg said they saw a large fireball flying towards Chelyabinsk on the morning of February 14, Kommersant reports.
UralPolit.ru editor Alexey Vakhruyev said he saw a sun-like object over a building. It exploded in 5 seconds and fell for 40 seconds. A white line of smoke could be seen in the sky.
