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Austria gas plant explosion leads to price hikes

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Video. Austria gas plant explosion leads to price hikes

Updated: 12/12/2017 - 14:25 GMT+1

Parts of Europe see energy prices soar to unprecedented levels in the wake of a blast at the Baumgarten hub that killed one person.

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