The FINANCIAL — KIEV. Toxic sludge from a burst reservoir at an alumina plant in Hungary may reach Ukrainian territory next week, Ukraine's environment ministry said on October 11, according to RIA Novosti.
"According to forecasts from the hydrometeorological service, the polluting substances may reach the Ukrainian area of the Danube River on October 19-20," the ministry said in a statement.
The accident occurred on October 4 in Ajka, around 160 km (100 miles) west of Budapest. A million cubic meters of red sludge have already flowed out of the burst reservoir.
At least four people died, six people are missing and another 120 were injured, with 40 of them in a critical state. Hundreds of people have been evacuated from the area.
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