Fiery meteor explodes over Russia; 1,100 injured

  • By JIM HEINTZ and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

    Associated Press

  • Friday, February 15th, 2013
    In this photo provided by E1.ru a meteorite contrail is seen over a vilage of Bolshoe Sidelnikovo 50 km of Chelyabinsk on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russiaís Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass.

    In this photo provided by E1.ru a meteorite contrail is seen over a vilage of Bolshoe Sidelnikovo 50 km of Chelyabinsk on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russiaís Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass.

    In this photo provided by Chelyabinsk.ru municipal workers repair damaged electric power circuit outside a zinc factory building with about 600 square meters (6000 square feet) of a roof collapsed after a meteorite exploded over in Chelyabinsk region on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 A meteor streaked across the sky of Russiaís Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass.

    In this photo provided by Chelyabinsk.ru municipal workers repair damaged electric power circuit outside a zinc factory building with about 600 square meters (6000 square feet) of a roof collapsed after a meteorite exploded over in Chelyabinsk region on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 A meteor streaked across the sky of Russiaís Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass.

    A worker sweeps up shattered glass from a store's broken windows in Chelyabinsk, Russia, February 15, 2013. A meteor that scientists estimate weighed 10 tons streaked at supersonic speed and exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains on Friday, setting off blasts that shattered glass and brought down walls, injuring hundreds. (Andrei Ladygin/Russian Look/Zuma Press/MCT)

    A worker sweeps up shattered glass from a store's broken windows in Chelyabinsk, Russia, February 15, 2013. A meteor that scientists estimate weighed 10 tons streaked at supersonic speed and exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains on Friday, setting off blasts that shattered glass and brought down walls, injuring hundreds. (Andrei Ladygin/Russian Look/Zuma Press/MCT)