Smokestack Gets Shorter But Doesn’t Come Down In Failed Implosion

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CRESCENT TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — An old Duquesne Light smokestack in Crescent Township was supposed to come down Saturday, but instead of collapsing, it just got a little shorter.
Folks watched from a distance, waiting for the last vestige of the now-demolished Phillips Power Plant to come down, but the implosion fizzled.
WATCH: Raw video of failed implosion — 
After a loud boom and a thick cloud of dust, the old smokestack was shorter, but still sta