Carlisle, England Fireball Reported16MAY09

Meteor strike may have caused peat bog fire near Carlisle
News & Star
By Phil Coleman
Carlisle, Cumbria, North-west England
Saturday, 16 May 2009
A huge fire which tore through a Cumbria peat bog near Carlisle may have been caused by a meteor strike, according to some locals.
Firefighters spent several hours on Monday morning battling the blaze at Wedholme Flow, near Kirkbride, which at its height stretched for half a mile, leaving a wall of fire visible from miles around. ...
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