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Toxic Sludge Engulfs Hungarian Town

Hungary declared a state of emergency after toxic mud spilled from a reservoir, dumping deadly chemicals on several towns. View shocking photos of the disaster.

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A Hungarian soldier wearing a chemical protection gear walks through a street flooded by toxic mud in the town of Devecser, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010.

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Hungary declared a state of emergency after toxic mud spilled from a reservoir, dumping deadly chemicals on several towns. Here, a dog is covered with the toxic mud.

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An aerial view of a car swept away by the toxic sludge. southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010.

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A villager passes by a dog killed in a flood of toxic mud in Kolontar, Hungary, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010.

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An aerial view of the red mud covered streets and overturned vehicles in a yard in Kolontar, Hungary, taken on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010.

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A firefighter wades through the toxic mud.

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A villager cleans his home and yard flooded by toxic mud in the Kolontar, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010

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Tunde Erdelyi, left, saves her cat while Janos Kis, right, walks into their yard flooded by toxic mud in the town of Devecser, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010.

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A resident checks his furniture after a wave of toxic red mud swept through his small village.

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An animal lies dead in the toxic mud, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010.

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Janos Kis, left, and Tunde Erdelyi, right, look at their home flooded by toxic mud in the town of Devecser, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010.

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A dead fish on the windscreen of a car damaged by the toxic mud from the damaged reservoir.

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A Hungarian soldier, wearing a chemical protection gear, cleans a street flooded by toxic in the town of Devecser, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010.

Bela Szandelszky / AP Photo