Blast in Austrian gas plant kills one, injures 18
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An explosion at a natural gas facility near Austria’s border with Slovakia on Tuesday killed one and injured 18 others, authorities say.
Sonja Keller, a Red Cross official, told the Austria Press Agency that the explosion took place at a plant in Baumgarten an der March, east of Vienna.
The explosion happened where pipelines connect and gas is compressed.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The cause of the blast and the condition of those injured are not immediately known.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.