A meteorite crashed in southern Peru on Sep. 15. After the meteorite crashed, many villagers got sick.
Around midday, villagers heard an explosion and a saw a fireball. Many were convinced that an airplane crashed near their village, which is in an area without a lot of people.
Soon the villagers complained of headaches and vomiting. Local health department official Jorge Lopez said people got sick from a strange smell.
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Seven policemen who went to check on the reports also got sick. They had to be given oxygen and were sent to the hospital, Lopez said.
Rescue teams and experts were sent to where the meteorite crashed. It left a 30m wide and 6m deep crater.
"Boiling water started coming out of the crater.... Residents are very concerned," said local official Marco Limache. (Staff Writer, with AFP)
一顆隕石於九月十五日墜落在祕魯南部。隕石墜落後，許多當地居民感到不適。
大約正午時分，村民聽到爆炸聲，然後看到一顆火球。許多村民原以為在他們偏僻的村莊附近墜毀的是一架飛機。
不久之後，許多村民就反應他們感到頭痛噁心。當地衛生處官員喬治．洛培茲表示民眾是因為一股奇怪的氣味而出現噁心等症狀。
洛培茲說，七名前往當地調查的警員也同樣感到噁心想吐，他們已被送往醫院接受輸氧治療。
救援小組和科學專家被派往隕石墜落的地點。這顆隕石撞擊後留下了一個三十公尺寬，六公尺深的隕石坑。
當地官員馬可．里馬切說：「坑洞中開始冒出滾水…令居民感到憂心忡忡。」 （法新社／翻譯：袁星塵）
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