Updates

An explosion occurred this morning before 9.00 a.m. at the site of Austria's Baumgarten natural gas hub, also causing a large fire. Police and firefighters were informed immediately and are handling the situation. They have been able to extinguish the flames almost completely. After a controlled shutdown, Baumgarten hub remains offline. At this moment, we do not have detailed information about what caused the explosion or how extensive it was.

Austrian gas supplies are not impacted by the incident at this moment.

Gas transit to Italy, Slovenia and Hungary is currently interrupted. Activities to restore normal flows as soon as possible are already under way, but we do not know when it will be possible to resume operations.

Gas Connect Austria provides updates on the situation (in German): http://www.gasconnect.at/de/Unternehmen/Gasexplosion