Football match interrupted by power station demolition explosion

A football match taking place in Rugeley, Staffordshire, was interrupted by the controlled demolition of four chimneys at a power station in the town. The cooling towers were brought down at 11.15am on Sunday June 6.

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[lillithdv]

The sinister laughter is just bond-villain worthy

[rotkev]

That laugh.

“You may have won Mr. Bond, but you’re playing the wrong game.”

[ThugNerd]

dude with the evil laughter pushed de "explode" button, no doubt

[gonfromcydoniaxd]

That laughter sounds like a clock ticking .

[macca]

" Honest ref i didn't mean to kick it that hard ".

[QwoaX]

Imagine the demolition happened just after someone scored a goal. Not even world cup finals get such expensive celebrations for their goals.

[Duncan_]

I've been inside one of those towers. They were some of the world's first dry cooling towers. It's a bit sad to see them go. Some people didn't like them but I always saw them as friendly giants looking out over the countryside.

[haniahmahmood]

love how they all stood there with their hands on their hips

[JoeBob]

Imagine giving someone directions _"Head towards the power station, 4 big stacks, you can't miss them.."_ 🤣

[mydviews]

"So, how did your match go"? "We demolished them". 😂

[TomatoGuy-]

That laughter was the villain's laughter who did it.

[Zestieee]

imagine just chilling and concentrating on your lil football match when suddenly these massive enormous structures that you took for granted for years literally just absolutely fall apart.

[Somerandom]

For those wondering, those cooling towers aren't just for nuclear plants. In fact, basically all thermal power generation can make use of them (This one was a Coal plant).

The exist to cool down the water that's boiled to spin the turbines, then return it back to the power plant to be boiled again. This isn't necessary when a powerplant is near a large body of water and can just pump in new water, while pumping out the hot water.

[silvershoes]

Let’s be honest, you did not search for this, but now it has found you, you’ve watched it repeatedly…

[beamboy]

imagie seeing those towers all your life and then suddenly they dissapear like that

[laffi]

Guy laughs like it was him detonating the buildings!

[carazy_]

This makes me oddly sad.
Also cool that you can see just how thin these towers are as a result of smart structural design

[dcuzuys]

The calm of the players while this massive demolition is happening is the most British thing I have seen this week.

[suemount]

Omg loving that laugh and the players so calm and nonchalant

[minimalpower]

imagine playing a game of football and the fun is rudely interrupted by the moon colliding with the earth