Three Scottish tower blocks felled in early morning blast.
With predictable and customary Safedem efficiency, three high rise blocks that towered over Greenock for nearly 50 years came crashing down in seconds this morning as crowds looked on.
People defied freezing conditions as they took up various vantage points to watch the familiar Belville Street buildings blown up in the middle of the night by a spectacular series of controlled explosions.
The loud blasts, timed just seconds apart, boomed across town and saw Selkirk, Peebles and then Melrose courts crumble, marking the end of an era.
A huge plume of dust in the specially set-up floodlights signaled the fact that the blocks had gone, changing the town’s skyline forever.
A large exclusion zone had been set up in the east end earlier on Saturday ahead of the demolition.
