Overview
- Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said an investigation is ongoing into last week’s blaze at the Danube Refinery in Százhalombatta and he did not rule out an external attack.
- MOL, which operates the facility, has stated it has found no evidence the fire was caused by an attack.
- Orbán referenced Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski’s recent remarks about the Druzhba pipeline as he raised the possibility of sabotage.
- The Danube Refinery is Hungary’s largest and primarily processes Russian crude, underscoring the site’s strategic importance.
- Orbán instructed his government to tell MOL not to raise consumer energy prices in response to the incident.