Here today, gone tomorrow: 17-storey eyesore block of flats is demolished in just four seconds in the middle of the night

This is the moment a block of high-rise flats was reduced to rubble.

In only a few seconds the massive this massive tower block, Octavia Court in Greenock near Glasgow was demolished in a controlled explosion for River Clyde Homes.

Around 10Kgs of dynamite was placed at 500 points within the empty block of flats and were enough to bring the structure down within seconds.

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Deserted: Octavia Court in Glasgow moments before it is about to be demolished. The building has been occupied since 1970.

Bang: Octavia Court in Glasgow took just four seconds before it collapsed to the ground

A spokesman from River Clyde Homes said the location of the building made it cheaper and more convenient to demolish the 17-storey building at 2.30am on Saturday.

It took approximately four seconds before the building went up in smoke.

The company said the explosion had to take place at night when trains weren't running on the nearby Wemyss Bay railway line.

Residents living nearby the 17-storey skyscraper were put up in a hotel for the night

The building contained 102 flats and is being replaced with terraced housing which will house up to 56 people

An area around the flats was also sealed off and residents living nearby were put up in a hotel by the developer.

Once the site is cleared work will begin on 14 terraced and semi-detached home that will house up to 56 people.

People living in the block's 102 flats have been rehoused after the past year.

The flats were completed in 1969 and first occupied in 1970.