A family in Northern California lost their home and one of their dogs in massive house fire after several witnesses reported seeing a bright ball of light falling from the night sky. Officials are looking into the possibility that it was a meteorite that caused the home in rural Nevada County to go up in flames on Friday night. Dustin Procita told KCRA that he was inside the house with his two dogs when something hit his home and started a fire. 'I heard a big bang,' he said. 'I started to smell smoke. I went onto my porch and it was completely engulfed in flames.' Multiple people all over the region captured the bright ball of fire on camera as it lit up the dark California sky around 7:30 p.m. on Friday night.