gamewell45
04-09-2018, 01:17 AM
Talk about a major faux pa.
A “controlled” explosive demolition of an obsolete, 173-foot concrete silo in Denmark on Friday took a turn for the worse — literally — when it toppled in the wrong *direction and came crashing down on a library building.
Hundreds of spectators at the harbor in Vordingborg gathered along the shore and aboard boats to watch the planned explosion at 4:45 p.m. local time — and got to witness the unplanned partial destruction of a nearby building that doubles as a library and cultural center, Danish news network TV EAST reported.
No one was injured, save for the egos of demolition-project managers.
“I simply do not know how it may have gone so bad,” blasting manager Kenneth Wegge said.
A photo of the aftermath shows one corner of the waterfront building reduced to a mess of splintered lumber and stone, with the fallen silo just feet away.
https://nypost.com/2018/04/06/controlled-demolition-of-silo-goes-terribly-wrong/
A “controlled” explosive demolition of an obsolete, 173-foot concrete silo in Denmark on Friday took a turn for the worse — literally — when it toppled in the wrong *direction and came crashing down on a library building.
Hundreds of spectators at the harbor in Vordingborg gathered along the shore and aboard boats to watch the planned explosion at 4:45 p.m. local time — and got to witness the unplanned partial destruction of a nearby building that doubles as a library and cultural center, Danish news network TV EAST reported.
No one was injured, save for the egos of demolition-project managers.
“I simply do not know how it may have gone so bad,” blasting manager Kenneth Wegge said.
A photo of the aftermath shows one corner of the waterfront building reduced to a mess of splintered lumber and stone, with the fallen silo just feet away.
https://nypost.com/2018/04/06/controlled-demolition-of-silo-goes-terribly-wrong/