Fireplace officers in Northern California are attempting to find out whether or not a meteorite triggered a hearth that destroyed a house and killed a canine Friday evening. 

The Penn Valley Fireplace Safety District responded to a hearth at 7:25 p.m. Friday at a house within the rural hills of Nevada County, California.

“The incident commander was approached by a number of members of the general public who claimed to have seen a vivid object fall from the sky in that neighborhood instantly previous to the fireplace’s dispatch and/or ignition,” Penn Valley Fireplace Safety District Capt. Clayton Thomas instructed USA TODAY. 

The fireplace was contained by about 8:55 p.m., but it surely resulted within the complete lack of the house, the demise of the house owner’s canine and numerous rabbits. No human accidents had been reported, in line with Thomas. 

Thomas mentioned the house owner, Dustin Procita, who was inside the house, reported listening to a loud bang earlier than the fireplace ignited. He was in a position to save one among his canine, however couldn’t reenter the house to save lots of the opposite, in line with Thomas.  

“I at all times watched meteor showers as a child however I did not need them touchdown in my yard or by means of my roof,” Procita instructed KCRA. 

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NASA confirmed reviews of a fireball sighting over Northern California at round 7:30 p.m. Friday. The fireball was not believed to be a part of the Taurid meteor bathe that lit up the sky over the weekend, NASA mentioned in a Fb publish.