In Austria, an explosion rocked one of Europe's biggest gas pipeline hubs today, leaving one person dead and 18 injured. <br/><br/>The incident happened at Baumgarten east of Vienna, Austria's largest reception point and the main distribution hub for gas imports from Russia, Norway and elsewhere. <br/><br/>A police spokesman said, an explosion occurred followed by a fire. He said the cause is not immediately clear. Police said on social media that people should avoid the area around Baumgarten near Austria's eastern border with Slovakia. <br/><br/>Several fire brigades from the surrounding area were called in to help.<br/><br/>The Baumgarten gas hub receives some 40 billion cubic metres of gas annually and redistributes it elsewhere in Europe including to Germany and northern Italy.