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Watch as Hazelwood power station’s eight chimneys are demolished

Eight chimneys at Victoria’s defunct, coal-fired Hazelwood Power Station have been demolished.

The chimneys, which soared 137 metres above the town of Morwell in the Latrobe Valley, came down just before 12.30pm on Monday.

The demolition – which took only about a minute – had been almost 12 months in the planning.

May 25, 2020, updated May 25, 2020
1/9The towers at Hazelwood on Monday morning, ahead of their demolition.
2/9The first tower starts to fall – after a year in the planning, the demolition took about a minute.
3/9Five are gone and just three are left.
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4/9The towers come down at Hazelwood, in Victoria's east.
5/9Three are gone, and the remaining towers already look wobbly.
6/9Nearly all gone – the last three towers start to crumble.
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7/9Workers leave Hazelwood Power Station on its last day of operation in March 2017.
8/9A media staging point for Monday's demolition.
9/9The towers seen from the Victorian town of Morwell on Monday morning.
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