“Flaming basketball” suspected of destroying California home
The home of a Northern California man may have been destroyed last week by a meteor that looked like a flaming basketball falling from the sky. In Nevada County, about 60 miles northeast of Sacramento, Dustin Procita was home with his two dogs Friday when he heard “a big bang” in his usually quiet community. “I started to smell smoke, and I went on to my porch, and it was completely engulfed in flames,” reported …