A movie in which the huge concert hall collapses at a moment when one wire is cut



On January 31, 2020, a worker who dismantled a huge concert hall and sports facility cut one of the wires hanging on the roof of the building, and suddenly the entire building collapsed Outbreak, one male worker died. A drone capturing the state of the demolition was capturing the accident.

One worker dies buried by collapsing roof of sports facility in St. Petersburg-Emergencies-TASS

https://tass.com/emergencies/1115231

WATCH huge concert hall ceiling collapse in St. Petersburg, one worker has been killed — RT Russia News
https://www.rt.com/russia/479732-st-petersburg-concert-hall-collapse/

Dramatic video shows Russia stadium collapse with worker on roof-CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dramatic-video-russia-stadium-collapse-worker-on-roof-st-petersburg-today-2019-01-31/



The catastrophic crash occurred in

St. Petersburg , Russia's second largest city. The collapsed building is Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex , the largest arena in St. Petersburg, and was built in 1979 in the Soviet Union as a complex of sports facilities and a concert hall.

The Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex, which can accommodate up to 20,000 people, is aging and will be rebuilt for the 2023 Ice Hockey World Championships in St. Petersburg. There was a demolition work done by a contractor, but during the work of removing the aging roof, a worker cut one of the 112 steel wires hanging from the roof, and 80% of the walls and roof were A catastrophic accident has occurred.

The state in which the Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex actually collapses can be seen in the following movie, but the figure of the worker who was late to escape is also reflected, so be careful of those who are not good at shocking images Need to watch.

[DISTRESSING] Concert hall ceiling collapses in St. Petersburg-YouTube


The huge circular building in front of you is the collapsed Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex.



Compare with the cranes and the cityscape behind, you can see how large the Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex was.



As the drone to be photographed moved, it was apparent that there was one worker in the basket suspended by the crane, and another worker slightly away from the basket.



The workers are cutting the wire fixing the roof, and if you look closely, all the wires behind the worker's man lying down in front are cut off, while the wire before the man is cut off You can see that it has not been done.



The man in the foreground starts cutting the wire with the machine. Sparks scatter from the point where the wire and the machine come in contact ...



The wire has been cut.



However, the next moment, a massive collapse of the entire roof began. Men grab the fence in a hurry ...



Immediately, the collapse spreads throughout the building, including the aisles surrounding the roof.



The man managed to jump on the basket hung on the crane, but was not in time to do so.



There is only one person in the basket away from the collapsed building.



The drone sees the entire building crumble.



As the smoke rose, the top of the crane was visible.



The accident killed 29-year-old Matvei Kucherov, who was cutting wires. The other three working together seemed to be safe. Since Kucherov did not use a safety belt during the work, the authorities are investigating the contractor responsible for this demolition for violation of safety standards.

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