Video – Going, going, going….gone

Greek silos stand defiant but finally succumb following blast.

It is every explosive demolition professional’s worst nightmare – The charges go off as planned but then, just as the structure starts to fall, gravity falters and the building stays defiantly erect.

A Greek demolition crew experienced that heart-in-mouth moment for what must have seemed like an age during the demolition of a mill building that tried its level best to remain upright before the laws of physic finally ruled against it: