They Were Blasting a Chimney in Ústí Nad Labem, It Fell a Little Further than Expected

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Saturday's demolition of a 125-meter-high factory chimney in Ústí nad Labem-Neštěmice ended with an unexpected result. Instead of falling into the center of the built damping embankment, the chimney fell onto the edge of the embankment after blasting, and part of the debris also landed on an unused siding. According to the blasting master, the reason for the deviation could have been the strength or weakness of the masonry.

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A loud bang, clouds of dust - and a 125-meter-high reinforced concrete chimney fell to the ground. Only 2,400 tons of rubble remained from the former dominant feature of the former Tonaso factory in Neštěmice, Ústí nad Labem. However, the blasting of the chimney brought a rather unexpected result - part of it fell in a different place than the pyrotechnicians expected.

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Experts blasted a reinforced concrete factory chimney in the Neštěmice district of Ústí nad Labem on Saturday. It was in poor technical condition. They drilled 154 holes into the chimney, into which they loaded 13 kilograms of plastic explosives, said gunsmith Petr Mikula. Unexpectedly, the chimney fell on the edge of the damping embankment instead of the center, and part of the debris fell on an unused siding.

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Ústí nad Labem - Experts today blasted a reinforced concrete factory chimney in the Neštěmice district of Ústí nad Labem. It was in poor technical condition. They made 154 holes in the chimney, into which they loaded 13 kilograms of plastic explosives. This was told to ČTK by gunsmith Petr Mikula. Unexpectedly, the chimney fell on the edge of the damping embankment instead of in the middle, and part of the rubble fell on an unused siding.