Residents of a jade mining area in northern Myanmar had a lucky escape when 15ft long piece of metal, believed to be space debris or an aircraft engine, crashed from the sky.

A cylindrical object 4.5m (15ft) long and 1.2m wide landed in an abandoned jade mine in Kachin state around the same time as another object crashed through the roof of a nearby house.

Officials from the local Defence Service said it bounced 50m and landed in a muddy area of the mine, according to the Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper.