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Added on the 01/02/2022 15:02:00 - Copyright : AFP EN
As clean-up work on the Peruvian coast continues after the oil spill caused by freak waves from the eruption of Tonga volcano, a new leak occurred at the same refinery, La Pampilla. Oscar Garcia, head of the National Service of Protected Natural Areas, says the extent of the disaster cannot yet be calculated but says it's "an irreparable ecological catastrophe."
Cleaning crews in Ventanilla, Peru, are working to remove oil from a beach after a spill caused by freak waves from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific. Peru has declared an environmental emergency over the incident which has fouled beaches, killed birds and harmed the fishing and tourism industries.
Fisherman Luis Diaz and his relatives and neighbours in Aucallama, Peru, suffer increasingly as they are out of work as it is impossible to fish and there is a lack of tourists, one month after an oil spill that hit the coast.
Lima Zoo veterinarians work every day to wash, feed and monitor the vital signs of Humbolt penguins, a threatened species, and several other seabirds that were saved after nearly 12,000 barrels of crude spilled into the sea off Peru on January 15.
Spanish energy giant Repsol says they are doing "everything necessary to contain the spill" that has polluted beaches and killed wildlife. Almost 12,000 barrels of crude spilled into the sea off Peru on January 15 as a tanker unloaded oil at a Repsol-owned refinery.
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