Incredible moment tower block becomes rubble

This was the spectacular moment a 17-storey concrete tower block was blown to pieces - in a thundering controlled explosion.

Glencairn Tower block was reduced to 12,000 tonnes of rubble by 55kg of explosives, as council bosses blasted away almost 50 years of memories.Thousands of spectators - many of whom were once residents of the massive tower block - watched from an exclusion zone set up around the high-rise.