The demolition of Long Mill Dye House in Roanoke, Virginia brought down two smokestacks but one didn't fall as planned.
photo from WSLS.com
Watch this AP video and listen for one of the operators warn: "Be advised: one stack apparently did not fall in the right direction." There were no reports of injury to persons or property.
A local TV station WSLS reporter wrote:
Many of the people who came out to watch the building crumble worked in the mill for years, but for some it wasn't such a sad sight to see their former employer come crashing down.
"I hate to see them kill all the big rats, they had rats over there about 2 foot long," said Jim Chattin, who used to work at Long Mill.
