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| Didcot power station: Search to resume after demolition | Didcot power station: Search to resume after demolition |
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| Search efforts for three men killed in the Didcot power station collapse are set to resume after the remainder of the building was demolished earlier. | |
| Demolition workers Ken Cresswell, 57, and John Shaw, 61, both from Rotherham, and Chris Huxtable, 34, from Swansea, were trapped under rubble when the structure crumbled on 23 February. | Demolition workers Ken Cresswell, 57, and John Shaw, 61, both from Rotherham, and Chris Huxtable, 34, from Swansea, were trapped under rubble when the structure crumbled on 23 February. |
| Four people died in the disaster. | Four people died in the disaster. |
| Only the body of Michael Collings, 53, of Teesside, was recovered following the collapse. | Only the body of Michael Collings, 53, of Teesside, was recovered following the collapse. |
| A remote demolition brought down the remainder of the decommissioned site around 06:00 BST in a unique operation that made use of remote-controlled robots. | |
| The building - which was due for demolition when it partially collapsed - had been too unstable to be approached. | |
| BBC News correspondent Amanda Dellor, who was at the scene, said it looked like the demolition had gone to plan. | |
| The charges went off one minute after six and the building came down "very quickly", covering the entire site in a dust cloud, she added. | |
| Now the explosives attached to the structure have been detonated, teams will be deployed to resume searching the remnants of the plant for the first time since May. | |
| The families of the three men yet to be recovered had opposed plans to use explosives for the demolition. | |
| Steve Hall, son-in-law of victim Ken Cresswell, previously said: "We want the men back in one piece, not many pieces." | Steve Hall, son-in-law of victim Ken Cresswell, previously said: "We want the men back in one piece, not many pieces." |
| Roland Alford, the explosives contractor at the power station, said the four-month delay in completing the demolition was necessary on safety grounds. | Roland Alford, the explosives contractor at the power station, said the four-month delay in completing the demolition was necessary on safety grounds. |
| He added: "It was almost unthinkable to send people to work underneath there and place charges, given the fact the building could come down at any moment - you legally can't justify that." | He added: "It was almost unthinkable to send people to work underneath there and place charges, given the fact the building could come down at any moment - you legally can't justify that." |
| Last week, letters were sent to people living nearby informing them preparations for the demolition had started. | |
| It said noise from the explosion would last "about a minute" and any airborne dust would not be harmful "but could cause a nuisance". | It said noise from the explosion would last "about a minute" and any airborne dust would not be harmful "but could cause a nuisance". |
| It warned members of the public to not attempt to enter the site "for safety reasons and out of respect for the families of the three men involved in this incident". | It warned members of the public to not attempt to enter the site "for safety reasons and out of respect for the families of the three men involved in this incident". |