WATCH: Wall PEELS OFF from skyscraper - causing bricks to rain down onto busy street
SHOCKING footage has captured the extraordinary moment an entire external wall from a high-rise building appears to peel off and crash into the street below.
Shocking footage of brick wall collapsing from side of tower block
Residents rushed for shelter as they tried to dodge the flurry of bricks raining down from above.
The video shows the entire outer wall peel off from more than a dozen storeys above and collapse to the ground while shocked witnesses watch on in amazement.
The bizarre 'peel collapse' has been likened to a snake shedding it's skin.
The footage, filmed in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, shows large pieces of exterior wall falling off the block of flats.
Fifteen floors of the seventeen-storey residential building had their outer wall fall off and plunge to the ground.
The entire outer wall peel off from more than a dozen storeys above
Three cars were damaged but astonishingly no injuries were reported.
A passing resident heard scattered bricks falling onto the road when he decided to pull out his phone and record the incident.
Property developers responsible for the high-rise could now face heavy fines for endangering the lives of local residents.
Fifteen floors of the seventeen-storey residential building had their outer wall fall off
The bizarre 'peel collapse' has been likened to a snake shedding it's skin
Locals have blamed the poor building material used on the outer walls of the building for the dangerous incident.
The fragile wall of the high-rise had also recently been battered by wind and rain.
The bizarre 'peel collapse' has been likened to a snake shedding it's skin
Three cars were damaged but astonishingly no injuries were reported
Many on Chinese social media have attacked the shocking standards of building construction in their country.
The news comes just days after a giant sinkhole opened up in another part of China along a major junction.