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An object that
authorities suggest might have sparked a Bowie brush fire Sunday. Bowie Volunteer Fire Department via Twitter
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April 25, 2016 - MARYLAND, UNITED STATES - Authorities suspect a meteorite strike may have sparked a massive brush fire that scorched the woods behind a Prince George’s County condo community Sunday evening.
The woods behind Scarlett Oak Terrace, located just off Maryland Route 450, went up in flames after 5 p.m.
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| Bowie Volunteer Fire Department via Twitter |
It took firefighters with the Bowie Volunteer Fire Department several hours to bring the flames under control.
Later, firefighters discovered a hunk of what appears to be meteorite lying at the bottom of a cratered patch of earth, surrounded by the splintered and charred remains of tree limbs. - CBS.
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