This Friday, Italian emergency services discovered the bodies of the last victims missing from Tuesday’s explosion at a hydroelectric power station on Lake Suviana, near Bologna (north), bringing the total death toll to seven.
More than a hundred people worked in the area for several days to find all the victims, after the first few hours were deemed impossible for the missing to survive.
The last bodies were eventually found in underground levels below the water level.
Bologna City Hall confirmed on Thursday that the last of the bodies had been found, the AdnKronos news agency reported, which was ultimately untrue.
Unions have called for demonstrations across Italy to demand better working conditions after one of the worst accidents in recent history.
At the end of 2021, Italy had 4,646 hydroelectric power plants, most of which are located in the north of the country. At the end of that year, these plants accounted for more than 14% of Italy’s consumption and 39% of renewable production.
Enel Green Power, which operates the Bargy plant, confirmed that the incident coincided with a series of tests on a group of turbines.
The company has created a fund of two million euros to allow affected people and their families to cover basic needs and emergencies.
Bologna prosecutors are conducting an investigation that will, among other things, examine the chain of subcontractors, Bologna prosecutor Giuseppe Amato told local press.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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