An explosion at Hungarian oil and gas group MOL's petrochemical plant in Tiszaujvaros, eastern Hungary, has killed one person and injured several others, the company said in a statement on Friday.
The chairman of MOL Zsolt Hernadi said a pipeline at the plant had exploded during maintenance and there was no indication of external influence.
Hernadi said there had been no release of pollution which would affect the human population.
He added that there would be an investigation into any human error leading to the blast.
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