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media captionThe boiler house was demolished on Thursday morning
The boiler house at the closed Longannet Power Station in Fife has been demolished in a controlled explosion.
Charges were used to bring down the building at the site of Scotland s last coal-fired power station.
The boiler house is the last major structure to be brought down ahead of the demolition of the chimney, expected later this year.
Longannet first began generating back in 1970.
Officials from the site s owner, Scottish Power, said contractors Brown and Mason had conducted the demolition.
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image captionThe chimney at Longannet will be demolished later this year
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