Although most of the victims are not seriously injured, but they get medical care. The injury was caused by broken glass and a few collisions that reportedly caused a concussion.
Reported by Softpedia, Friday (15/02/2013), according to the news from the local newspaper, before the meteorite landed in one piece, Russian military forces have fired missiles. This is done in order to destroy the space object in the sky at an altitude of 20 kilometers.
The action was taken to avoid the worst effects of disaster if successful meteor crashed into the Earth's surface. Approximately 20 thousand rescuers sent to the area and evacuate the victims.
Local authorities, the governor of Chelyabinsk say to people to remain calm. "Do not panic, this is a situation that we can deal with in a few days," said Chelyabinsk.
This meteorite fell about 900 miles (1448.4 kilometers) east of Moscow. Object space is arrived at 9:20 am local time. Witnesses saw a large glowing object crossed the sky.
"I saw the light from the explosion behind me. Overall light, a very bright light. Was like the movie Armageddon when the meteorites rain started, I really thought it was like the end of the world," said the eyewitness, Gulnara Dudka.
Wikipedia explains, meteors or meteoroids are small objects in the solar system smaller than asteroids but larger than a molecule.
When entering a planetary atmosphere, meteoroids will be heated and will evaporate partially or completely. Gases along its trajectory will be ionized and glow.