On September 15th 2007 A ball of fire exploded in a remote peruvian village. 600 Hundred people in Peru have needed treatment after an object from space - said to be a meteorite - plummeted to Earth in a remote area near Caracas in the Andes. People who visited the scene have been complaining of headaches, vomiting and nausea after inhaling gases. Even animals were falling ill. Alot of people in the area went to investigate the crash of the fiery ball of rock which was spewing toxic fumes like sulfur, methane and Arsnic from contact with ground water containing these chemicals . This was an unusal meteor in that by the time most meteors fall they are cold but this one was steamy hot when it hit the ground. Hundreds of people near the fallen meteorite have needed hospitilization after vomiting and stinging eyes. The crater it left was 30 meters wide by 6 meters deep.