Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Thursday that last week’s inferno at a Hungarian oil refinery could have been caused by an “external attack,” adding that an investigation is still ongoing.
A blaze broke out Oct. 21 at the Danube Refinery in Százhalombatta, south of the capital Budapest. The refinery, operated by Hungarian energy company MOL, is the country’s largest and primarily processes crude oil from Russia.
“The investigation is in full swing,” Orbán wrote on social media. “We do not yet know whether it was an accident, a malfunction, or an external attack.”
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His public musing about possible sabotage contradicts MOL, which last week said there was no evidence of an attack.
