demolition day

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A collection of controlled Explosions, Blasts, Kabooms, and Crashes.

The former Hainan Airlines headquarters topples during a controlled demolition in Haikou, Hainan province, December 25, 2012.

Smoke rises from a house deliberately set on fire, days after part of the ground it was resting on collapsed into Lake Whitney, Texas, June 13, 2014.

People run away as a building is toppled during a controlled demolition as part of an urban transformation in Ankara, February 3, 2014.

An aerial view of part of the Carandiru prison complex collapsing after a controlled implosion by engineers in Sao Paulo, December 8, 2002.

A combination photograph shows the demolition of a chimney in Vienna, May 4, 2011. The 141-foot-tall chimney on a hospital construction site was blasted by Austrian army experts.

A dike between two lakes is seen under demolition in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, July 14, 2016.

People gather to observe the Perimetral overpass, after its partial demolition as part of Rio's Porto Maravilha urbanization project, in Rio, April 20, 2014.

The Twin Towers dormitory on the campus of Arkansas State University comes down in 13 seconds in a controlled implosion May 25, 2008, in Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Buildings topple by explosives in Yunong Village in south China's Shenzhen on Sunday May 22, 2005.

A view shows the Three Gorges Hotel, left, and the passenger terminal of Chongqing Port, right, collapsing after demolition by explosives in Chongqing, southwest China, August 30, 2012.

The giant statue representing the late Gilbert Bourdin, founder of the Triumphant Vajra cult of Mandarom, collapses after demolition workers set off explosives at the base of the 110-foot structure in Castellane, southern France, September 6, 2001.

"La barre 220," a building in the neighborhood "La Duchere" in Lyon, central France, is brought down by controlled explosions, part of a renovation program in the city, Wednesday, May 19, 2010.

A combination of photographs shows the demolition of a chimney in the eastern German town of Boxberg October 6, 2012.

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium begins to fall after 350 pounds of explosives detonate in Atlanta, August 2.

A cooling tower is seen under mechanical demolition in Binzhou, Shandong Province, China, July 13, 2016.

Buildings topple during demolition with explosives, at Huanggang district in China's southern city of Shenzhen, near Hong Kong, May 22, 2005.

A combination photo shows The Gettysburg National Tower falls as demolition charges explode at the Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3.

The former Kunming city hall topples during a controlled demolition in Kunming, Yunnan province, December 25, 2011.

Tourists watch as the 20-storey Hilton Hotel collapses after a controlled implosion by engineers in Beirut's downtown on July 14, 2002.

A combination picture shows the Lishui bridge collapsing during a controlled demolition in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, China, September 8, 2015.

Old residential buildings are demolished with controlled blasting in Chongqing municipality, China June 16, 2015.

The provincial highest chimney collapses as it is demolished by explosives in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China April 28, 2014.

Cape Town, So. Africa residents watch as the city's landmark Athlone cooling towers are demolished in a 10-second implosion August 22, 2010.

The 15-story, 300-room Augusta tower at the Desert Inn Hotel and Casino crumbles as it implodes in Las Vegas, October 23, 2001.

A view of Veterans Stadium during its implosion in Philadelphia, March 21, 2004. The 33-year-old stadium was imploded for parking space as the Phillies and Eagles have built their own arenas at the same site.

Smoke covers the area after The Monaco Tower at the Riviera Hotel and Casino crumbled to the ground during a controlled demolition, Tuesday, June 14, 2016, in Las Vegas.

A combination photo shows the demolition of a "nail house" in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, January 8, 2008.