Power station disaster denouement now imminent.
The owners of Didcot Power Station have confirmed they will blast the remaining half of the boiler house in the next two weeks.
A letter was sent out to residents yesterday warning them of the immanent controlled explosion.
The announcement comes after RWE said in June it was necessary to carry out the demolition following the collapse of half of the structure in February, which killed worker Mick Collings and left trapped Chris Huxtable, 34, from Swansea, Ken Cresswell, 57, and John Shaw, 61, both from Rotherham.
Military robots began placing explosives yesterday around the unstable structure but Kelly Nye, spokeswoman for RWE owners of the site, said it could take up to two weeks before the demolition takes place.
“We will notify residents 48 hours before the controlled demolition is due to take place. Currently we cannot place a specific date on when the explosion will take place. But this will happen within the next two weeks.”
