A photo from open sources a meteorite flew over the Urals and collapsed in lake 80 kilometers from Chelyabinsk. Meteorite debris falling on The Urals became the main event of Friday, February 15, not only in Russia, but also in the world: the incident in the Chelyabinsk region led Twitter global trends. No wonder – as they say in the Ministry of Emergencies, the first such case in the history of modern Russia.
Alexander MATYASH
We must pay tribute to the authorities of the region – they managed to prevent panic attacks. For this, by the way, sirens alerts were not turned on. Not less, despite the pacifying statements of officials, suffered hundreds of people. By the way, a number of these statements sounded paradoxical: all is well, there is no reason to panic, but go home from work and pick up children from schools.
Chronicle of events
At 09:23 local time (07:23 Moscow time) in Chelyabinsk fragments of a meteorite falling apart upon entering the atmosphere. Wreckage fell in several places, one of them, quite large, destroyed part of the building of the zinc factory in Satka district. Many houses have broken glass.
According to the Russian Interior Ministry, the number of victims in the Urals, as at 12:00 Moscow time, exceeded 500 people. For the most part, we are talking about small cuts from broken glass. Hospitalization required only five.
The press service of the governor reported that as of 13:00 local time, information on 292 victims in six municipalities of the region: Emanzhelinsk – 40 people, including including two with closed head injuries; Yetkul – 24 a person, including six children; Kopeysk – 75 people, including including two with closed head injuries; Korkino – 31 people, Yuzhnouralsk – 15 people, including six children; Chelyabinsk – 107 people, including 15 children. Sixteen people hospitalized.
About 20 thousand rescuers in the Urals were brought into mode high alert, three aircraft sent inspection terrain, reported to the Ministry of Emergencies. “Space monitoring devices recorded flashes in the lower atmosphere, this is a meteorite rain, “said the deputy chief of the information department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry Elena Smirnykh.
“At 09:20, an object was seen in the sky above the city. Two minutes later there were three claps. The shock wave touched Chelyabinsk and the nearest territories. In the first hour, operational services did not have no information. This incident is the first in the history of Russia. Sirens were not included specifically, as this could cause panic, “- quoted Chelyabinsk.ru acting chief of the Main Directorate of the Ministry for Emergencies of Russia for Chelyabinsk region Yuri Burenko.
In turn, Roshydromet, commenting on the events in the Urals, used the UFO wording: “From 07:00 to 08:00 Moscow time was observed glowing loop from the flight of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) from the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug. At 07:15 Moscow time 15 February, over the airfield of Chelyabinsk there were multiple air explosions followed by a pungent chemical smell. ”
Cellular networks are intermittent due to increased workloads: people in a panic call friends and relatives. Work transport, including aviation, is not broken. “Systems energy, mobile communication systems are stable. Radiation background is normal. A further fall of meteorite fragments is not expected, “- The Ministry of Emergencies said in an official statement.
The governor of the Chelyabinsk region Mikhail Yurevich called on residents region to calm. “Firefighters, the Ministry of Emergencies and the police are in full combat readiness. I urge residents not to panic, the situation is now full-time, we can handle it in a couple of days, “he stressed.
The governor’s website posted a message about numerous appeals of citizens related to injuries, cuts and bruises. The administration of Chelyabinsk appealed to citizens with a request after an emergency return home from work and pick up your children from schools. Authorities ask eyewitnesses to report the devastation to management companies and Unified dispatching service.
Flashes and burning parts of the meteorite were also seen in the sky above Yekaterinburg and in the Kurgan region. Object Drop Information comes from Kazakhstan. Residents of Kostanay, administrative center in the north of the country, observed an outbreak from a meteorite and its a fall. “I saw a flame in the middle of the sky. It was a big fire a ball with a smoke plume, then it fell somewhere. It has continued just a few seconds. Our office lit up red with light, “said Alsu Sakhova, a resident of the city.
At the Chelyabinsk Radio Plant “Flight” from the knocked out by the blast wave glass from the windows affected 35 people. “The connection didn’t work, even the ambulance could not be called, and we drove on our own injured to the hospital, there they sewed up wounds, “- quotes the words Deputy General Director of the enterprise Leonid Orlov Chelyabinsk website 74.ru. The representative of the plant is sure that the enterprise damage in the amount of 90 to 100 million rubles.
At 12:00 Moscow time it became known that the meteorite fell to the lake near the city of Chebarkul (80 km from Chelyabinsk). About it The report said on the website of the governor of the Chelyabinsk region. This statement also confirms that meteor shower was recorded in the Chelyabinsk, Kurgan and Sverdlovsk regions and north of Kazakhstan.
According to eyewitnesses, at 07:30 Moscow time, two objects fell in Martuk and Kargaly districts of the Aktobe region, in the west of Kazakhstan. Firefighters, center employees were sent to the scene disaster medicine, sanitary service, rescue squad. Representative of the press service of the emergency department in Aktobe Kazakhstan oblast Aigerim Nauryzbaeva said that the facilities have not yet found, the search continues.
The version that a meteorite fell in the Urals was confirmed in Roscosmos. “According to preliminary estimates, this is a space object non-technogenic origin and qualifies as a meteorite, moving at a speed of about 30 kilometers per second at low trajectories, “the agency said.
What fell on Russia
September 25, 2002 in the Irkutsk Region a car fell, this was accompanied by a glow and a strong clap. In place meteorite falls on the territory of 60 square meters. km was felled forest.
In February 1947, in the Ussuri taiga in the territory of Primorsky the edges fell fragments of an iron meteorite that was named Sikhote-Alinsky.
The most famous meteorite that fell in the country was Tunguska. The fall of this facility in 1908 caused an explosion that estimated at 40 – 50 mgt, which is comparable to a hydrogen explosion the bombs.
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