Explosion at Güssing district petrol station seriously injures man
Thursday 8th October 2026 on 08:45 in
Austria
A 70-year-old man was seriously injured in an explosion at a petrol station in Güssing district on Wednesday afternoon, ORF reported.
Police said the man was working with an electric grinding machine in a maintenance shaft when sparks ignited fuel vapours inside it. The explosion happened at about 2 p.m.
He suffered burns of an unspecified degree and was flown by emergency medical helicopter Christophorus 16 to Graz Regional Hospital.
Source
(via ORF)