匈牙利西部的官员星期二在一家工厂发生有毒污泥泄露事故后宣布这里进入紧急状态。这起事故导致3人死亡，120人受伤。
这个紧急令涵盖了一个金属厂附近的三个县。有毒泥浆星期一从这家金属厂储存废料的水库里涌出，冲流到好几个城镇。
有关官员说，这家位于布达佩斯以西大约160公里处的金属厂溢出了多达70万立方米的废水混合物。这家工厂生产矾土。矾土是金属矿石铝土矿的衍生品，用来制造金属铝。
如果吞咽这些废水可以致命。警方正在调查导致水库破堤的原因。
Officials in western Hungary declared a state of emergency Tuesday after a toxic sludge spill that killed three people and injured 120 others.
The emergency order covers three counties near a metals plant where a reservoir burst Monday, flooding several towns with the waste.
Officials say as much as 700,000 cubic meters of the sludge were spilled at the plant, about 160 kilometers west of Budapest.
The plant makes alumina -- a derivative of the metal ore bauxite that is used to make aluminum.
The waste can be fatal if swallowed.Police are investigating what caused the reservoir to break.
