Video – A new kind of listed building…

Imploded Australian silo defies gravity and fails to fall.

Demolition experts have been left red-faced after a 4,000-ton building was left leaning to one side instead of toppling down as planned.

The team had set off 100 kg of explosives in a controlled explosion but they were not enough to destroy the silo in Redbank, southwest of Brisbane.

For around 40 minutes, the structure resembled the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy as it stood at an angle.

In the end, an excavator was used to push the building the rest of the way over.

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