SpaceX rocket debris crashes into Poland

At about 03:30 GMT on Wednesday, the sky across northern Europe was illuminated by an object zooming through the air in flames.

At around 10:00 local time (09:00 GMT), Adam Borucki was astonished to find what appeared to be a charred tank measuring around 1.5m by 1m behind his warehouse in Komorniki, Poland.

"When we came to work, we found a total mess with broken power poles in the storage yard," Mr Borucki told the BBC.

He said that some that some electrical items and a concrete block stored in the warehouse were also damaged.

"I felt surprised but also a little scared. But ultimately, I'm glad no-one was hurt," he added.

Mr Borucki contacted the police who, working alongside the Polish space agency Polsa, determined that the unidentified object was debris from a Falcon 9 rocket, manufactured by Elon Musk's company SpaceX.