Suspected Meteorite in Peru Causes Sickness
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Officials are investigating unconfirmed reports that a meteorite crashed in southern Peru over the weekend and caused dozens of people to become sick.
The crater is some 66 feet wide and 16 feet deep.
Local media have reported eyewitness accounts of a fiery ball falling from the sky and smashing into the desolate Andean plain near the Bolivian border Saturday morning. Officials have said it was a meteorite.
Jorge Lopez, director of the health department in the southern state of Puno, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that 200 people have suffered headaches, nausea and respiratory problems caused by “toxic” fumes emanating from the resulting crater, which is some 66 feet wide and 16 feet deep.
“This is caused by the gas they have inhaled after the crash,” Lopez said, adding that a team of eight doctors was sent to investigate and treat the sick.
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