Moment 800-foot-tall power station chimney crumbles to ground in blast
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) released footage of the planned blast at the Bull Run Fossil Plant on Saturday (28 June).
Video shows a huge explosion, followed by a loud bang, before one of the chimneys topples in a massive cloud of smoke and crumbles to the ground.
'Demolition experts safely imploded the 500-foot and 800-foot stacks at the retired Bull Run Fossil Plant,' TVA said in a statement.
Bull Run Fossil Plant in Claxton was retired in 2023 to make way for TVA's clean power initiatives.
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