A huge, red-hot object fell from the sky into a Kenyan village on Monday afternoon according to local residents cited by the country’s national broadcaster, prompting an immediate investigation by the national space agency.

A large metallic ring from space crash-landed in Kenya on New Year's Day. Officials want to determine its origins and hold the owner accountable.

No one was hurt by the object, believed to be part of a launch rocket. Experts say the frequency of such incidents is increasing as the amount of debris in orbit around the Earth grows dramatically.

It was an ordinary day for the residents of Mukuku village in Kenya's Makueni County – until an unexpected delivery from above disrupted the calm.

Kenya's Space Agency (KSA) said the object was a massive metallic ring measuring approximately 2.5 metres wide and weighing 500 kilograms.View on euronews

Sabi pipo from Kenya space agency dey investigate one 500kg metal ring wey crash into Earth on Monday. Di object bin fall enter Mukuku village, 50km (31 miles) south-east of di capital, Nairobi. Report say nobody injure for di crash.

Kenyan officials said Wednesday they were looking into metal bits suspected to be from a rocket that fell in the country's north, according to news agency AFP.

A massive piece of space junk debris weighing 500kg has crashed into a Kenyan village, prompting an immediate investigation by the country's space agency. The burning metal ring plunged into Mukuku village in Makueni county,