CHICORA, Pa. (AP) — Russia’s “big bang” meteor on Friday morning caused a light burst big enough to blaze up the sky and a noise boom loud enough to shatter windows and damage buildings.

While western Pennsylvania falls into the rest of the northeastern U.S. as witness to periodic meteor showers and occasional one-shot spectacular celestial events, the last one that really perked up the public was nearby in Chicora, Butler County.

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