Death Toll of Russia Power Plant Explosion Climbs to 47

Picture taken from official website of JSC RusHydro company shows an undated general view of Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power plant on Yenissey river in Kranoyarsk region, East Siberia, Russia. EPA

19 bodies of casualties of the explosion at the Russian Sayano-Shushenskaya hydro-electric power plant that happened on Monday have been discovered Friday.

Thus, the death toll of the explosion in the largest hydro-electric plant in Russia has officially reached 47, Russian media reported.

Meanwhile, a spokesperson of the Russian Federal Prosecutor's Office said there was no indication the explosion was caused by a sabotage even though earlier a Chechen Islamist group, Martyrs' Battalion, claimed responsibility for the blast.

On Friday, Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, sent his condolences over the casualties of the explosion to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, who visited the site of the hydro-electric plant.