A reservoir of residue from an aluminium plant broke on Monday night, releasing corrosive sludge that swamped Kolontar and Devecser, two villages in western Hungary."We have declared a state of emergency in Veszprem, Gyor-Moson-Sopron and Vas counties," a government spokesperson said on Tuesday.
The sludge was reported to be threatening at least another two counties.
Al Jazeera reports, http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/10/2010105122242999996.html, that one million cubic metres of red mud had poured out of the containment pond at the Ajkai Timfoldgyar Zrt plant.
He described the incident as the worst-ever chemical accident in Hungary, saying: "It's an ecological catastrophe".
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