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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andre Muggiati

Luxury home at risk of tumbling into Cape Cod Bay over removal dispute is demolished

Climate Erosion Coastal Home - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

A luxury home that had been on the verge of tumbling into Cape Cod Bay due to erosion has been demolished.

A potential collapse of the 5,100-square-foot home threatened oyster beds in nearby Wellfleet Harbor, but a dispute over its removal had left it teetering on the edge of a sandy bluff for months. But on Monday, heavy machinery rolled in to remove the house piece by piece, with trucks carrying it away. By Tuesday, only its concrete slab, chimney and a generator remained.

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