Find the meteorite at the bottom of the lake in vain

Divers have just finished checking Lake Chebarkul, where a meteorite is thought to fall and create a giant crater on the ice, but no trace is found.

Divers can't find meteorites in the Urals lake. (Photo: RIA Novosti)

"The divers of the department have completed a search of the lake area (Chebarkul, Chelyabinsk region) but have not detected any traces of the meteorite," RIA Novosti quoted Irina Rossius, spokesman for the Russian Emergency Situation Ministry. just said.

A burning meteorite on February 15 flew through the sky and fell to central Russia, creating a massive explosion, flying many windows, destroying thousands of buildings in the city of Chelyanbinsk, injuring over 1,000 people . According to the Russian Ministry of Health, 51 people were hospitalized.

Officials are trying to identify falling meteorite fragments. By February 16, no piece was found. Chelyabinsk governor, Mikhail Yurevich earlier said that one of the fragments had fallen into Lake Chebarkul.

The level of radiation in the air is reported to be unchanged, according to officials of the State Emergency Department and the Russian national atomic agency. This issue is of interest because the region has a number of nuclear facilities.