Power station demolished three years after worker deaths
Four men were killed when the boiler house collapsed in February 2016.
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The remains of a coal-fired power station where four workers were killed when it collapsed several years ago have been demolished.
Cooling towers at the disused Didcot plant in Oxfordshire, owned by German group RWE, were taken down early on Sunday morning.
Thames Valley Police and the Health and Safety Executive had launched a joint investigation to consider corporate manslaughter, gross negligence manslaughter and health and safety offences.
Contracting firm Brown and Mason carried out Sunday’s demolition.
Didcot A ceased operation in 2013 after running for 43 years.
Three of its towers were demolished in 2014.
