‘Meteor’ crashes to earth with loud bang & leaves houses shaking after lighting up night sky in Australia

A BLAZING fireball lit up the skies over Australia before a deafening bang rattled homes and sent social media into meltdown.

The suspected meteor was spotted just before 8pm on Sunday by Victoria residents who thought they saw a blinding flash followed by a ground-shaking boom.

One shocked witness wrote on social media: "Just saw something fall from the sky near Daylesford and a huge bang. Never felt anything like it."

Another claimed: "Hubby saw a red light falling, followed by a loud bang! The house was shaking."

One motorist said they “nearly shat” themselves when a red lightning bolt appeared overhead, while another joked they mistook the noise for “a wombat slamming into the gate while a heavy possum ran across the roof.”

Dashcam footage shared on X shows the meteor’s brilliant