Industrial explosion in Hungary leaves one dead and seven injured

Key points

• An explosion at a petrochemical plant in Hungary on Friday (May 22, 2026) killed one person and injured several others, according to a statement by Hungarian energy company Mol Group, which owns the plant.
• The explosion in Tiszaujvaros, in eastern Hungary, occurred during a restart of the plant following maintenance, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said in a post on social media.
• He added that seven people had suffered burn injuries during the blast.
• Five helicopters transported the injured to hospitals in the cities of Miskolc and Debrecen, according to Minister of Economy and Energy Istvan Kapitany.
• In a social media post, Mr. Kapitany wrote that a disaster response mobile laboratory did not detect any concentrations of hazardous materials above the threshold limit.