Frisco plant falls at AED’s second time of asking.
It came down two hours later than scheduled, but the towering Collin Power Plant in Frisco is no more following an implosion just before noon Friday.
What was once one of the largest power plants in Texas is now nothing but rubble. An estimated 30-pound of explosives sent the plant collapsing into itself in a matter of seconds.
The initial attempt scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday failed due to the extreme heat. Those on hand heard the countdown, two loud bangs and then a puff of smoke appeared, but no implosion. Two out of 14 explosives didn’t fire on the first round.
“Our only adversity here was the tremendous heat,” said Eric Kelly “Boy, project engineer. “Boy, 101-102 degrees, it magnifies on the steel; it makes things melt and not work the way we like.” Kelly had to call in the Plano Bomb Squad for help on take two.
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