Hydro-plant disaster death toll climbs to seven

2024-04-12T09:01:48.728Z

Highlights: Fire brigade divers on Friday recovered the body of another victim of Tuesday's explosion at Enel Green Power's Bargi hydroelectric plant on Lake Suviana. The body had not been identified at the time of writing, but the only person unaccounted for was Vincenzo Garzillo, a 68-year-old originally from Naples. The bodies of three people were found immediately after the disaster and several found those of 3 people who had been missing on Thursday. Five people were killed in the explosion, which took place at the Bargi power station in the province of Bologna on Tuesday. The death toll has now risen to seven, with three people still missing, the fire brigade said. The cause of the explosion has not yet been determined, but authorities are treating it as a suspected terrorist attack on the power station and the surrounding area. The investigation into the explosion is ongoing. The Italian government has said it is investigating the incident. The National Commission for the Investigation into the Explosion of the Power Station has been set up to investigate the cause.

Fire brigade divers on Friday recovered the body of another victim of Tuesday's explosion at Enel Green Power's Bargi hydroelectric plant on Lake Suviana, in the province of Bologna, taking the death toll up to seven. (HANDLE)