Italian energy storage power station explosion

What happened at a hydroelectric power plant in northern Italy?

Three people have died and four are missing following an explosion at a hydroelectric power plant in northern Italy. The blast occurred underwater at the plant on Lake Suviana, 70km (43 miles) from the city of Bologna on Tuesday.

What happened at a hydroelectric plant in Bologna?

Specialized search and rescue teams, underwater divers, cave experts and topographers were searching on Wednesday for four workers who were missing a day after an explosion at a hydroelectric plant near the northern Italian city of Bologna killed at least three people and injured five others.

What happened at the Enel Green Power Plant in Bologna?

An explosion occurred at a depth of some 40 meters (130 feet) below water level at the Enel Green Power plant in the northern Bologna province. Two other missing workers were being searched for by divers. The scene was compared to an underwater earthquake-struck building by divers working to recover victims.

What happened at Enel Green Power Plant?

The explosion Tuesday at the Enel Green Power plant, in northern Bologna province, occurred at depth of some 40 meters (130 feet) below water level. Four other workers who were wounded in the massive blast are hospitalized and two of them are still in serious condition, officials said.

What happened at a sheet metal plant in Italy?

“It’s a complicated situation,” Luca Cari, a spokesman for Italy’s firefighters, said. The explosion took place at a level of the plant that was underwater, and Mr. Cari said divers on Wednesday worked in conditions of “zero visibility,” as they searched among the rubble and debris of the explosion, moving sheet metal by hand with difficulty.

How many people died in a hydroelectric plant explosion?

Divers have discovered two more bodies of workers who died in an explosion that collapsed and flooded several levels of an underground hydroelectric plant earlier this week, bringing to five the number of confirmed dead, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)