Meteorite makes 30-meter crater in Peru

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A meteorite fell Saturday night in the Peruvian area of Puno, close to the border with Bolivia, forming a crater with a 30 meters diamater, and six meters in depth, the local press reported today.

A luminous object fell a little before midnight of the day before yesterday in the town of Carancas, in the province of Chucuito, about 1.300 kilometers to the south of Lima.  

According to sources of the Territorial Direction of the Police, the alarmed inhabitants of the area heard a great noise, similar to that of an airplane falling.  

Later, the witnesses saw a luminous object in fire in the sky that hit the ground, producing an explosion that left the earth charred.  

The meteorite didn抰 hurt anyone, but the authorities are investigating if the remains found in the area are of animals that may have died because of the explosion.  

The farmers of the place fear the appearance of some disease, since chips of lead and silver were liberated in the shock of the meteor with the soil, the local broadcasting station 揜PP

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