Icicles can be pretty, but also pretty dangerous. This clip from St Petersburg in Russia captures how a giant icicle is being removed from a roof, then crashes down and dramatically destroys the entrance to the building.

The footage filmed on February 10 shows workers trying to crush the huge block of ice about six meters long with several blows of a hammer.

Eventually, the icicle comes loose and falls, blowing away the porch visor and several drainpipes along the way. Luckily, no one was injured.

The municipal service of the city of St. Petersburg was engaged in the elimination of a huge frost from the roof of the house.
Workers from the aerial platform crush a huge block of ice about six meters long with several blows of a hammer. After the ice succumbed to the hammer, the icicle fell down, blowing away the porch visor and several drainpipes along the way. No harm done. The author wanted to film the fall of ice. The quality of the video we managed to get only this.

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