Stunning photos recording the magnitude of the Repsol oil spill off the Peruvian coast

About 6 thousand barrels of oil spilled By Repsol Ventanilla Sea, listed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru The worst environmental disaster to hit Lima, And the pictures confirm it.

Black color dominates in photos because the fuel covers everything in its path, and already It has affected nearly 2 million square meters of Peruvian coast, Step Institute for Environmental Assessment and Enforcement (OEFA), Ministry of Environment.

For its part, the Ombudsman Ventanila visited the affected area at sea, supervised the cleaning work and provided the best work equipment to the personnel carrying out the de-oiling work at sea, shore and animals. They condemned the burying of fuel in beach sand on social websites.

In this sense, Delcy Heredia, head of the Kalao’s Ombudsman’s Office, explained that during a tour of Ventanilla Beaches, he observed more than 50 workers in charge of cleaning up oil – stricken shores. However, the number of people dedicated to this mission is very low due to the magnitude of the disaster.

The aforementioned fuel has already crossed the waters of Ventanilla, Santa Rosa and Ancon and reached Chanke Beach. With the hidden risk that it could reach Huacho. For this reason, the Directorate General of Environmental Health (DICESA) has recommended that people not go to at least 21 beaches in the aforementioned districts because of the pollution after the crude oil spill.

Oil has ravaged flora and fauna since Saturday, January 15, the day when abnormal waves caused by an underwater volcanic eruption in Tonga, just south of the coast of Lima, caused an oil spill. The Peruvian Civil Defense Agency said in a statement that strong waves moved the ship while it was loading oil at the La Pambila refinery on the Pacific coast and caused a leak.

In fact, the National Service for Nature Conservation (Sernanp), hThey have identified the impact on the national reserve system of the Guaneros Islands, Islands and Pundas – Ilots de Pescadores and the Ancon secession zone. Due to oil spill. They pointed out that the respective nature protected areas have compromised the situation due to the direction of the sea currents.

For this reason, the National Forest Service (Serfor) urged people to contact them (WhatsApp 947 588 269) before contacting infected animals because special treatment is needed to remove toxic contaminants from the body. The practice is to transfer them to the Parque de las Leyendas so they get the attention they deserve.

Late this afternoon, President Pedro Castillo flew over the area of ​​the environmental disaster. They announced from the executive that they were evaluating the granting of financial approval to the multinational company Repsol. The fine may be 30 thousand UIT (tax unit), which is equivalent to 138 million feet.

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