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Hazelwood Power Station’s last boiler house demolished

The last remaining boiler house at the shuttered Hazelwood Power Station has been demolished, crashing to the ground in a cloud of dust.

Hazelwood boiler house demolition

Hazelwood contactors have demolished the former power station’s last remaining boiler house.

Delta Group collapsed Hazelwood’s boiler house one on Tuesday morning.

The long-planned demolition was postponed last week due to bad weather.

Hazelwood Power Station’s last remaining boiler house.
Hazelwood Power Station’s last remaining boiler house.
The boiler house is demolished.
The boiler house is demolished.
The building topples to the ground.
The building topples to the ground.
Smoke rises as the building falls.
Smoke rises as the building falls.
Smoke fills the air after the demolition.
Smoke fills the air after the demolition.
A cloud of smoke envelops the remaining buildings.
A cloud of smoke envelops the remaining buildings.

A huge cloud of dust enveloped the remaining buildings as the boiler house crashed to the ground.

Hazelwood was closed permanently in 2017 and the power station’s eight 137m chimneys were destroyed in a controlled demolition in May last year.

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