A decommissioned coal-fired power plant in western Minnesota has crashed to the ground with a thunderous boom as part of a planned implosion that marks the end of an era in Granite Falls.
Xcel Energy used explosives to implode the Minnesota Valley Generating Station on Thursday, as onlookers watched from a distance.
Video of the implosion shows a flash of bright orange light and a loud crack at plant’s base, before two towering smokestacks topple to the ground.
The coal-fired Xcel Energy plant dated back to the 1930s and closed in 2009 amid the ongoing shift to cleaner energy sources.
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