Workers pretty disfigured the base of the TV tower, drilled in it hundreds of holes and drank large through holes in the concrete monolith. Probably, this is the reserve for dynamite, the explosion of which should provoke a directional fall of the tower.
On the eve of news agency Ur. ru in his telegram channel spread a rumor that the television tower can be demolished this weekend. Confirmation of this theory can be considered sounded the night before the explosions at an altitude of about 100 meters. The test explosion was so strong that it struck through the half-meter monolithic wall, exposing the armature, and bombarded passers-by and cars with wreckage.
Consequences of yesterday's explosion. PHOTO is taken from the telegram channel "What is this tower?".
However, residents of nearby houses and office employees have not yet been warned that they should be evacuated. So, the employees of the "Silver Rain" radio station, whose studio is in BC "Summit", reported that they were not asked to interrupt the broadcast on the weekend. By the way, they, without waiting for the explosion announcement, installed a webcam that removes the television tower around the clock. So, she already took yesterday's explosions.
PHOTO: Silver rain.
Judging by the picture from the web camera, the excavators form another earthen pillow to the west of the tower, toward the circus. Perhaps the owner is not sure that the fall will go according to the planned scenario.
We remind that the new owner of the facility is going to demolish the unfinished TV tower - JSC "Ural Ice Arena", affiliated with UMMC-Holding. On the site unfinished in agreement with the governor Yevgeny Kuyvashev, the developer wants to build an ice arena for HC "Motorist" for 15 thousand spectators. The public worries that the new sports object will provoke a traffic collapse in the nearby streets and destroy the unique public space in the city center, and the fall of the tower can seriously damage the nearest houses, office centers, architectural monuments, circuses, the Russia-My History museum museum, two bridges and a metro.
UMMC Press Service does not comment on yesterday's explosions. Earlier the company announced that the tower was to be demolished in April 2018. However, after yesterday's explosion, signal lights went out on it, and now the facility poses a serious danger to aviation.