Kolontár

Kolontár
Coat of arms
Location of Veszprém county in Hungary
Kolontár Location of Kolontár
Coordinates: 47.084435°N 17.475021°E / 47.084435; 17.475021
Country	Hungary
County	Veszprém
Area
• Total	21.72 km^2 (8.39 sq mi)
Population  (2004)
• Total	845
• Density	38.9/km^2 (101/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8468
Area code	88

Kolontár (Hungarian: [ˈkolontaːr]) is a village in Veszprém county, Hungary.

Soil pollution disaster

Main article: Ajka alumina plant accident

On 4 October 2010 a 1.5–4 meter high wave of red mud flooded the village from a plant nearby causing nine deaths and several severe chemical burn injuries. Six bodies were found in the mud and three other victims died later in a hospital after the incident.[1] Hundreds of village inhabitants had to evacuate.[2]

References

1. Megtalálták a hetedik áldozatot, index.hu, 8 October 2010.
2. Deadly sludge escape kills three in western Hungary, BBC News, 5 October 2010.

External links

• Street map (Hungarian)