Italy dam blast leaves several dead and missing

At least three people were killed after an explosion at a hydroelectric power plant in central Italy, a local mayor said on Tuesday.

Firefighters rescued three injured people from the plant and were searching for missing people after the explosion in the early afternoon, they said on social network X, formerly Twitter. It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion at the dam on Lake Suviana.

The dam is managed by the energy company Enel and they said that a fire had broken out on one of its transformers in early afternoon. The company said it had evacuated workers from the site and was coordinating with rescue workers from the fire department.