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After months of planning, dozens of experts in demolition being involved and crowds being gathered, this is the moment things go as wrong as they possibly can.

A 173ft silo was destroyed in the town of Vordingborg, Denmark but it fell the wrong way.

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Instead of landing in an area that had been cleared, as planned, it fell onto a library and cultural centre, causing significant amounts of damage.

Fortunately nobody was injured in the demolition, but the cost of the repairs will be significant.


Vordingborg Kummune said in a comment on Facebook that all the offices on the east of the building were destroyed, but a large part of the library and cultural centre remain intact.

A large part of the library has been destroyed by the demolition going wrong (Picture: Vordingborg Kommune)

The building was secured on Friday night by firefighters to prevent any further collapses.



Staff were able to get into the library on Saturday morning to assess the damage.

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A spokesman said: ‘There is a lot of glass, dust and gravel inside the library itself, which requires extensive cleaning before staff can start cleaning up and restoring the offices that were destroyed.’

They are working to clear the dust from areas of the library that will eventually be re-opened.

An investigation is now taking place to find out what went so disastrously wrong with the demolition of the silo.

Several offices were destroyed or badly damaged by the botched demolition (Picture: Vordingborg Kommune)

Staff are hoping to open parts of the library as soon as possible (Picture: Vordingborg Kommune)

An investigation is taking place to find out how the collapse happened (Picture: Vordingborg Kommune)