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Hungary opens criminal probe into sludge disaster (AP)

October 6th, 2010

Hungarian police officers, wearing protective masks walk in a village street covered by toxic mud in Kolontar, Hungary, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. Emergency workers and construction crews on Wednesday swept through the Hungarian towns hardest hit by a flood of toxic sludge, trying to clear roads and homes of acres (hectares) of deep red mud and caustic water. Hundreds of people were evacuated after the disaster Monday, when a gigantic sludge reservoir burst its banks at metals plant in Ajka, a town 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Budapest, the capital. The torrent inundated homes, swept cars off roads and damaged bridges, disgorging an estimated 1 million cubic meters (35.3 million cubic feet) of toxic waste onto several nearby towns. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - Hungary’s top investigative agency opened a criminal probe into the toxic sludge flood Wednesday while the European Union and environmental groups warned the disaster could have long-term consequences for countries along the Danube River.


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