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A resident, wearing a protective mask, drives his car in Devecser, Hungary, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

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A Hungarian soldier, wearing protective gears, wash others after cleaning streets covered by toxic red sludge in Devecser, Hungary, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

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Hungarian soldiers, wearing protective gears, wash each others after cleaning streets covered by flooded toxic red sludge in Devecser, Hungary, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

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Hungarian soldiers, wearing protective gears, wash each others after cleaning streets covered by flooded toxic red sludge in Devecser, Hungary, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

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Volunteers, wearing protective gears, walk across a street covered by toxic red sludge in Devecser, Hungary, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

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The first residents evacuated from Kolontar, Hungary, which was inundated by toxic red sludge from an alumina plant on Monday, arrive at a temporary shelter set up in the Sports Hall of Ajka on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. Police and army officials evacuated the residents on Saturday because of new signs of damage that have appeared on the dam of the red-sludge reservoir at the nearby Ajka aluminium plant. (AP Photos/MTI, Lajos Nagy)

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In this photo made available on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, police and army officials are helping during the evacuation of western Hungary's village of Kolontar, which is being cleared due to new signs of damage that have appeared on the dam of the red sludge reservoir at the nearby Ajka aluminium plant on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/MTI, Balint Juhasz)

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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. Monday's flooding was caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant in western Hungary and has affected seven towns near the Ajkai Timfoldgyar plant in the town of Ajka, 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Budapest. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

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Logs carried in by the flooding toxic mud cover a yard in the town of Devecser, Hungary, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Monday's flooding was caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at an alumina plant in western Hungary and has affected seven towns near the Ajkai Timfoldgyar plant in the town of Ajka, 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Budapest. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

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A Hungarian soldier, wearing protective gear, cleans a yard flooded by toxic mud in Devecser, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The toxic red sludge that inundated three Hungarian villages reached Europe's mighty Danube River on Thursday but no immediate damage was evident, Hungary's rescue operations agency said. The European Union and environmental officials had feared an environmental catastrophe affecting half a dozen nations if the red sludge, a waste product of making aluminum, contaminated Europe's second-longest river after bursting out of a factory's reservoir. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

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A wrecked car, washed away by a flood of toxic mud, stands in a field in the village of Kolontar, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The toxic red sludge that inundated three Hungarian villages reached Europe's mighty Danube River on Thursday but no immediate damage was evident, Hungary's rescue operations agency said. The European Union and environmental officials had feared an environmental catastrophe affecting half a dozen nations if the red sludge, a waste product of making aluminum, contaminated Europe's second-longest river after bursting out of a factory's reservoir. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

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Antal Barath, left, looks on as Hungarian soldiers clean his yard flooded by toxic mud in Devecser, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The toxic red sludge that inundated three Hungarian villages reached Europe's mighty Danube River on Thursday but no immediate damage was evident, Hungary's rescue operations agency said. The European Union and environmental officials had feared an environmental catastrophe affecting half a dozen nations if the red sludge, a waste product of making aluminum, contaminated Europe's second-longest river after bursting out of a factory's reservoir. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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A Hungarian soldier, wearing protective gear, cleans a house flooded by toxic mud in Devecser, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The toxic red sludge that inundated three Hungarian villages reached Europe's mighty Danube River on Thursday but no immediate damage was evident, Hungary's rescue operations agency said. The European Union and environmental officials had feared an environmental catastrophe affecting half a dozen nations if the red sludge, a waste product of making aluminum, contaminated Europe's second-longest river after bursting out of a factory's reservoir. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

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Hungarian soldiers, wearing protective gear, clean a street flooded by toxic mud in Devecser, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The toxic red sludge that inundated three Hungarian villages reached Europe's mighty Danube River on Thursday but no immediate damage was evident, Hungary's rescue operations agency said. The European Union and environmental officials had feared an environmental catastrophe affecting half a dozen nations if the red sludge, a waste product of making aluminum, contaminated Europe's second-longest river after bursting out of a factory's reservoir. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

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A villagers cleans his yard flooded by toxic mud in Kolontar, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The toxic red sludge that inundated three Hungarian villages reached Europe's mighty Danube River on Thursday but no immediate damage was evident, Hungary's rescue operations agency said. The European Union and environmental officials had feared an environmental catastrophe affecting half a dozen nations if the red sludge, a waste product of making aluminum, contaminated Europe's second-longest river after bursting out of a factory's reservoir. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

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A scarecrow is seen in a yard flooded by toxic mud in Devecser, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The toxic red sludge that inundated three Hungarian villages reached Europe's mighty Danube River on Thursday but no immediate damage was evident, Hungary's rescue operations agency said. The European Union and environmental officials had feared an environmental catastrophe affecting half a dozen nations if the red sludge, a waste product of making aluminum, contaminated Europe's second-longest river after bursting out of a factory's reservoir. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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Community workers, wearing protective gear, clean a street flooded by toxic mud in the village of Kolontar, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The toxic red sludge that inundated three Hungarian villages reached Europe's mighty Danube River on Thursday but no immediate damage was evident, Hungary's rescue operations agency said. The European Union and environmental officials had feared an environmental catastrophe affecting half a dozen nations if the red sludge, a waste product of making aluminum, contaminated Europe's second-longest river after bursting out of a factory's reservoir. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

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A Hungarian fire fighter cleans a street flooded with toxic mud in Devecser, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The toxic red sludge that inundated three Hungarian villages reached Europe's mighty Danube River on Thursday but no immediate damage was evident, Hungary's rescue operations agency said. The European Union and environmental officials had feared an environmental catastrophe affecting half a dozen nations if the red sludge, a waste product of making aluminum, contaminated Europe's second-longest river after bursting out of a factory's reservoir. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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Hungarian fire fighters clean a street flooded by toxic mud in Devecser, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The toxic red sludge that inundated three Hungarian villages reached Europe's mighty Danube River on Thursday but no immediate damage was evident, Hungary's rescue operations agency said. The European Union and environmental officials had feared an environmental catastrophe affecting half a dozen nations if the red sludge, a waste product of making aluminum, contaminated Europe's second-longest river after bursting out of a factory's reservoir. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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Family photos on a wall show the height of the sludge after a flood of toxic mud broke into a home in the village of Kolontar, Hungary, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. Monday's flooding was caused by the rupture of a red sludge reservoir at a metals works in western Hungary and has affected seven towns near the Ajkai, 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Budapest. The flood of toxic mud killed a yet unknown number of people, injured more than one hundred, with some people still missing. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)