Austria gas plant burns after deadly explosion

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Austria gas plant burns after deadly explosion

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A big explosion has rocked a key natural gas facility in eastern Austria, killing one person and injuring at least 18, police say.

A fire followed the blast at the Baumgarten site, which happened around 08:45 (07:45 GMT). The plant lies just east of Vienna, near the Slovak border.

On Twitter Austrian police said the situation was under control and a technical fault had caused the blast.

One unconfirmed report spoke of 60 hurt. Emergency teams are at the scene.

Baumgarten is a major hub for imported Russian gas, which is sent on to a number of European countries. The facility receives about 40bn cubic metres of gas per

"The installation has been brought under control and operations have been suspended there," said Armin Teichert, spokesman for the operator, Austria's Gas Connect service.

Police have cordoned off the area. Some victims suffering burns have been airlifted out by helicopter, Austrian ORF news reports.
"I heard a huge explosion and thought at first it was a plane crash," photographer Thomas Hulik, who lives in a nearby village in Slovakia, told the AFP news agency.

"Then I saw an immense ball of flame."

Gas Connect said the incident should have no effect on gas deliveries to Austria but those to Italy and Croatia might be reduced.
Meanwhile, Russia's Gazprom Export said it was working to redirect gas flows.

It said it was "doing everything possible to secure uninterrupted gas supplies" to customers in the region.

Deadly blast at Austrian gas plant
 
seems like an accident to me------based on the little information you provided
 
seems like an accident to me------based on the little information you provided
Just like that accident that just happened yesterday in NYC bus station?

what accident? do you mean the train station------??? I think it was
a train tunnel----but the reports are not clear. As far as I recall----there is
no train tunnel between the main train station (ie Penn station) and the
Port Authority bus thing--------its been a long time for me
 
seems like an accident to me------based on the little information you provided
Just like that accident that just happened yesterday in NYC bus station?

what accident? do you mean the train station------??? I think it was
a train tunnel----but the reports are not clear. As far as I recall----there is
no train tunnel between the main train station (ie Penn station) and the
Port Authority bus thing--------its been a long time for me
Bangladeshi man suspected in New York bus terminal bombing
 
Austria gas plant burns after deadly explosion

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A big explosion has rocked a key natural gas facility in eastern Austria, killing one person and injuring at least 18, police say.

A fire followed the blast at the Baumgarten site, which happened around 08:45 (07:45 GMT). The plant lies just east of Vienna, near the Slovak border.

On Twitter Austrian police said the situation was under control and a technical fault had caused the blast.

One unconfirmed report spoke of 60 hurt. Emergency teams are at the scene.

Baumgarten is a major hub for imported Russian gas, which is sent on to a number of European countries. The facility receives about 40bn cubic metres of gas per

"The installation has been brought under control and operations have been suspended there," said Armin Teichert, spokesman for the operator, Austria's Gas Connect service.

Police have cordoned off the area. Some victims suffering burns have been airlifted out by helicopter, Austrian ORF news reports.
"I heard a huge explosion and thought at first it was a plane crash," photographer Thomas Hulik, who lives in a nearby village in Slovakia, told the AFP news agency.

"Then I saw an immense ball of flame."

Gas Connect said the incident should have no effect on gas deliveries to Austria but those to Italy and Croatia might be reduced.
Meanwhile, Russia's Gazprom Export said it was working to redirect gas flows.

It said it was "doing everything possible to secure uninterrupted gas supplies" to customers in the region.

Deadly blast at Austrian gas plant

Yes this has been our news for 24 hours now, not a good happening.
 
seems like an accident to me------based on the little information you provided
Just like that accident that just happened yesterday in NYC bus station?

what accident? do you mean the train station------??? I think it was
a train tunnel----but the reports are not clear. As far as I recall----there is
no train tunnel between the main train station (ie Penn station) and the
Port Authority bus thing--------its been a long time for me
Bangladeshi man suspected in New York bus terminal bombing

^^^^ I missed this happening was it a suicide bomb or what?
 
seems like an accident to me------based on the little information you provided
Just like that accident that just happened yesterday in NYC bus station?

what accident? do you mean the train station------??? I think it was
a train tunnel----but the reports are not clear. As far as I recall----there is
no train tunnel between the main train station (ie Penn station) and the
Port Authority bus thing--------its been a long time for me
Bangladeshi man suspected in New York bus terminal bombing

^^^^ I missed this happening was it a suicide bomb or what?

young BANGLA DESHI----in the US something like seven years ------
because he has a relative here------did try to do a big time suicide
thing for allah ----somewhere in the TRAIN SYSTEM of Manhattan,
NY-------very large and PACKED UP place. His improvised bomb
-------turned out to be something of a dud. He injured himself-----but
is still alive and some nearby people were lightly injured. The suicide
jerk is in an EXCELLENT HOSPITAL ---getting care ON MY DIME.
Nobody in his family KNEW A THING. He did comment (obviously the jerk
is conscious) that the Christmas decorations in New York ANNOYED
HIM (I am actually a little disappointed this year------the decorations do
not seem UP TO PAR to me---I like LIFE SIZED nativity scenes)
 
seems like an accident to me------based on the little information you provided
Just like that accident that just happened yesterday in NYC bus station?

what accident? do you mean the train station------??? I think it was
a train tunnel----but the reports are not clear. As far as I recall----there is
no train tunnel between the main train station (ie Penn station) and the
Port Authority bus thing--------its been a long time for me
Bangladeshi man suspected in New York bus terminal bombing

^^^^ I missed this happening was it a suicide bomb or what?

young BANGLA DESHI----in the US something like seven years ------
because he has a relative here------did try to do a big time suicide
thing for allah ----somewhere in the TRAIN SYSTEM of Manhattan,
NY-------very large and PACKED UP place. His improvised bomb
-------turned out to be something of a dud. He injured himself-----but
is still alive and some nearby people were lightly injured. The suicide
jerk is in an EXCELLENT HOSPITAL ---getting care ON MY DIME.
Nobody in his family KNEW A THING. He did comment (obviously the jerk
is conscious) that the Christmas decorations in New York ANNOYED
HIM (I am actually a little disappointed this year------the decorations do
not seem UP TO PAR to me---I like LIFE SIZED nativity scenes)
This is just the beginning.

Watch as a left wing lawyer provided free to the perp, by some left wing or Muslim organization....then gets the perp off on a technicality or gets him a short prison sentence.
 
...and remember Major Hasan still lives and he killed 13 people.

Only in America.
 
Just like that accident that just happened yesterday in NYC bus station?

what accident? do you mean the train station------??? I think it was
a train tunnel----but the reports are not clear. As far as I recall----there is
no train tunnel between the main train station (ie Penn station) and the
Port Authority bus thing--------its been a long time for me
Bangladeshi man suspected in New York bus terminal bombing

^^^^ I missed this happening was it a suicide bomb or what?

young BANGLA DESHI----in the US something like seven years ------
because he has a relative here------did try to do a big time suicide
thing for allah ----somewhere in the TRAIN SYSTEM of Manhattan,
NY-------very large and PACKED UP place. His improvised bomb
-------turned out to be something of a dud. He injured himself-----but
is still alive and some nearby people were lightly injured. The suicide
jerk is in an EXCELLENT HOSPITAL ---getting care ON MY DIME.
Nobody in his family KNEW A THING. He did comment (obviously the jerk
is conscious) that the Christmas decorations in New York ANNOYED
HIM (I am actually a little disappointed this year------the decorations do
not seem UP TO PAR to me---I like LIFE SIZED nativity scenes)
This is just the beginning.

Watch as a left wing lawyer provided free to the perp, by some left wing or Muslim organization....then gets the perp off on a technicality or gets him a short prison sentence.

so true. The perp ALSO mentioned his despair----over the fact that Jerusalem
might be considered a CAPITAL OF ISRAEL ("allah" forbid)
 
seems like an accident to me------based on the little information you provided
Just like that accident that just happened yesterday in NYC bus station?

what accident? do you mean the train station------??? I think it was
a train tunnel----but the reports are not clear. As far as I recall----there is
no train tunnel between the main train station (ie Penn station) and the
Port Authority bus thing--------its been a long time for me
Bangladeshi man suspected in New York bus terminal bombing

^^^^ I missed this happening was it a suicide bomb or what?
Failed suicide bomb....
 
Italy declares state of emergency after deadly gas explosion in Austria

A deadly explosion and fire that ripped through Austria’s main gas pipeline hub has caused Italy to declare a state of emergency due to a lack of supplies.

One person was killed and 18 injured in the blast on Tuesday in Baumgarten, eastern Austria.

A police spokesman said: “There was an explosion around 8:45am (0745 GMT) and a fire. A wide area has been sealed off and there are expected to be several injured.”

In Britain, Europe’s biggest gas market, gas for immediate delivery rose 35% to 92p per therm, its highest level for four years.

Gas Connect Austria, which operates the Baumgarten site, said the blaze had been brought under control. Police said the cause was technical in origin.

Footage on social and other media showed a column of flames rising from the site.

The hub is important for European gas transit, with natural gas transported to Baumgarten through Slovakia and Germany along several pipelines. Gas flows are then delivered throughout Europe via Austria’s transmission network.

Gas Connect Austria said deliveries to Austria’s southern and south-eastern borders would be affected until further notice.

Italy’s industry minister said the country must grapple with a “serious” energy supply problem.

Slovakia’s main gas transit route to Austria was suspended after the fire, said the Slovak pipeline operator, Eustream.

Russia’s Gazprom Export said it was trying to redirect gas flows and secure uninterrupted supplies.

Gas prices elsewhere in Europe soared on concerns about supply.

The Italian wholesale day-ahead price surged 97% to a record high of €47 per megawatt-hour.

- Italy declares state of emergency after deadly gas explosion in Austria
 

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