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(CNN) -- Four people, including two children, were killed after a reservoir broke and flooded three villages in western Hungary with toxic red mud, officials said Tuesday.
The government has declared a state of emergency in three counties, the State Secretariat of Governmental Communications said.
The National Catastrophe Protection Directorate (OKF) said the two children who died were 1 and 3 years old. A 35-year-old man was killed in his car, and a woman was killed in her home, the government said.
Rescue workers are looking for seven people who are missing. They have treated at least 116 casualties, including eight people who were seriously injured. Most have been airlifted by helicopter to hospitals in the capital, Budapest.
The reservoir burst in the town of Kolontar on Monday afternoon, the government said Tuesday.
At least a million cubic meters of red mud have spilled so far, the government said, affecting the villages of Kolontar, Devecser and Somlovasarhely.
The toxic sludge -- a waste product from aluminum production -- could potentially endanger two major rivers, the Danube and the Raba, the government said. It has already reached the river Marcal.
The Environment and Water Management Center has experts working on preventing the sludge from affecting the Danube and Raba, it said.
The government has declared a state of emergency in three counties, the State Secretariat of Governmental Communications said.
The National Catastrophe Protection Directorate (OKF) said the two children who died were 1 and 3 years old. A 35-year-old man was killed in his car, and a woman was killed in her home, the government said.
Rescue workers are looking for seven people who are missing. They have treated at least 116 casualties, including eight people who were seriously injured. Most have been airlifted by helicopter to hospitals in the capital, Budapest.
The reservoir burst in the town of Kolontar on Monday afternoon, the government said Tuesday.
At least a million cubic meters of red mud have spilled so far, the government said, affecting the villages of Kolontar, Devecser and Somlovasarhely.
The toxic sludge -- a waste product from aluminum production -- could potentially endanger two major rivers, the Danube and the Raba, the government said. It has already reached the river Marcal.
The Environment and Water Management Center has experts working on preventing the sludge from affecting the Danube and Raba, it said.
There is wide coverage of the toxic spill in Hungary, with the Guardian reporting on EU warnings that it could pose a "serious environmental problem" for 12 countries.
EU officials warned yesterday that the toxic sludge from a factory in Hungary was heading towards the Danube river, and could contaminate the river Raba.
A commission spokesman said, "We are concerned, not just for the environment in Hungary, but this could potentially cross borders."
His comments came after Hungary's environment minister Zoltan Illes said the cleanup would take least a year and police launched a criminal negligence inquiry into what BBC News describes as "the country's worst ecological disaster".
Four people died and 120 have been injured as a result of the spill from an industrial alumina plant in the western Veszprém county, the BBC says.
According to the FT, the government declared a state of emergency in three counties in western Hungary and estimated that the cleanup would cost tens of millions of euros.
Hungary's interior minister Sandor Pinter told reporters the country was discussing possibility of assistance with EU officials, the paper adds.
Elsewhere, TheParliament.com highlights comments from EPP leader Joseph Daul, who expressed "great sadness and sorrow" about the "serious ecological catastrophe".
EU officials warned yesterday that the toxic sludge from a factory in Hungary was heading towards the Danube river, and could contaminate the river Raba.
A commission spokesman said, "We are concerned, not just for the environment in Hungary, but this could potentially cross borders."
His comments came after Hungary's environment minister Zoltan Illes said the cleanup would take least a year and police launched a criminal negligence inquiry into what BBC News describes as "the country's worst ecological disaster".
Four people died and 120 have been injured as a result of the spill from an industrial alumina plant in the western Veszprém county, the BBC says.
According to the FT, the government declared a state of emergency in three counties in western Hungary and estimated that the cleanup would cost tens of millions of euros.
Hungary's interior minister Sandor Pinter told reporters the country was discussing possibility of assistance with EU officials, the paper adds.
Elsewhere, TheParliament.com highlights comments from EPP leader Joseph Daul, who expressed "great sadness and sorrow" about the "serious ecological catastrophe".
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