A 40-meter high stålskorsten has been torn down, after it was in risk of crashing to the ground in a residential area in Sønderborg.
this was stated by The South Jutland Police on the night of Tuesday.
the Chimney swayed on Monday night sharply due to the fierce wind, and the police feared that the chimney would topple.
Police evacuated therefore, the residents close to the chimney, which belonged to a district heating system in Sønderborg.
Bygningssagkyndige decided that the chimney would be ‘put down’.
It is the chimney in the picture, which swayed in the wind. Photo: South Jutland Police
It is according to the South Jutland Police has been done by means of a pair of cranes on the night of Tuesday.
Therefore, they can be evacuated citizens a little before the bell 03.00 return to their homes.
‘Evacuation in Sønderborg is now over. All concerned can return to their homes’, writes police on Twitter.
On one side of the high chimney is a block of flats, while there is a Rema 1000, on the other hand, it appears of a photo from the police. Rema 1000 store were also evacuated.
Police established a temporary evakueringscenter for the evacuated citizens in Humlehøj the Hall on the Stråbjergvej in Sønderborg.
the Area around the swaying of the chimney was evacuated and sealed off at 17.30.
