LIMA, Jan 18 — At least two kilometres of Peru’s central coast and two beaches were dirtied by oil spilled from a discharge ship rocked by waves caused by the eruption of a volcano in Tonga, Environment Minister Ruben Ramirez said yesterday.
Earlier, the National Institute of Civil Defence and the emergency centre of the Ministry of Energy and Mines said in a statement that high tides recorded in Ventanilla, as a result of the volcano’s eruption, had altered the process of unloading crude oil for the refinery. Indeci said it had the spill under control, although cleaning work continued. It did not say how much oil was spilled but the Agency for Environmental Assessment and Enforcement said it initiated an investigation to determine responsibility for the spill.
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