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One dead, 18 injured in fire at Austria's main gas hub




An explosion and fire that ripped through Austria's main gas pipeline hub on Tuesday killed one person and injured 18 others, emergency services said, causing Italy to declare an emergency due to a lack of gas supplies.
Gas Connect Austria, which operates the Baumgarten site in eastern Austria, said the blaze had been brought under control and police added that the cause was technical in origin.
"There was an explosion around 8:45 a.m. (0745 GMT) and a fire," a police spokesman said. "A wide area has been sealed off and there are expected to be several injured."
A spokesman for the fire brigade said one person had been killed and 18 injured, one seriously. A second police spokesman confirmed that 18 people had been injured.
Footage on social and other media showed a column of fire in the distance rising from a flat landscape.
The hub is important for European gas transit, with natural gas transported to Baumgarten via Slovakia and Germany along several cross-border pipelines.
Gas flows are then delivered throughout Europe via Austria's transmission network.
Gas Connect Austria said its deliveries to Austria's southern and southeastern borders were affected by the blast until...

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