Accident at hydroelectric plant kills three

RRESHEN, July 31 – Three employees of a company building a hydroelectric plant in north-central Albania died Wednesday night after the collapse of a tunnel they were working on, police and local media reported.
The three men, employed by a Turkish company, died near the village Franc in Mirdita district, where the Qaf롍olla hydro-power plant is currently under construction.
Two of the workers who died were locals. The third was Turkish. They were working inside the tunnel, when soil from the ceiling collapsed, local media reported.
The victims’ bodies were pulled from the rubble by rescue workers who arrived the scene quickly after the incident.
The Qaf롍olla plant has been under construction for two years, after a Turkish company won a concession contract from the Albanian government.
Since the start of work, area residents have protested occasionally, even trying to stop the construction, because they say they have not been compensated enough for property taken from them as part of the construction process.