Bright, loud meteor passes by Metro Vancouver

Bright, loud meteor passes by Metro Vancouver

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There was the flash of light and then two minutes later, what sounded like an explosion, a fireball and a sonic boom. As Monika Gul reports, experts say the boom was caused by a meteor.

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