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Did Meteorite Destroy a House?

유성이 집을 전소시킨 건가요? 

It’s quiet here in this 1secluded area of Nevada County.

“People around here are 2multigenerational 3cattle farmers or 4ranchers.”

5Rolling hills were 6cattle graze... where nothing happens...

“… heard a big bang. I started to smell smoke and I went onto my porch and it was completely 7engulfed in flames..

...until Friday night.

“Wide open spaces, this was kind of a farm, cattle ranch area and, yeah, not much around it.”

It appears this bright ball of light which lit up the dark northern California sky around 7:30 landed in the middle of nowhere.

“What do you think hit, hit your house?”

“They said it was a 8meteor. I, I’ve always watched 9meteor showers and stuff as a kid, but I definitely didn’t look forward to them landing in my yard or through my roof.” 

“I did not see what it was, but from everybody I talked to was a flaming ball falling from the sky, landed in that 10general area.”

The Penn Valley Fire Department along with Cal Fire battled the flames for hours.

“11Meteorite, 12asteroid one of those two.”

...and are now investigating what started the fire in this rural area.