Demolition firm tears down wrong house 'after using Google Maps for directions'

Demolition workers accidentally knocked down the wrong house after relying on Google Maps for directions, according to reports.

The demolition firm allegedly blamed the online maps service after levelling the wrong property in Rowlett, Texas.

Homeowner Lindsay Diaz was shocked when she returned to her house to find it had been reduced to a pile of rubble.

She told local news channel WFAA: “How do you make a mistake like this? I mean, this is just the worst. That’s what their job is – to wreck [houses] in demolition, and they really wrecked my life.”

Instead of tearing down a tornado-damaged building in Cousteau Drive, the demolition firm wound up one street away in Calypso Drive.

Ms Diaz claimed an employee of the firm texted her a screenshot from Google Maps to explain the mistake, according to WFAA.

After entering the correct address, the map allegedly gave Ms Diaz’s property instead.