Oil spill tars Peru beaches

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 24, 2022 12:02 am

LIMA, Peru: Peru declared an environmental emergency on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) as an oil spill caused by freak waves from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific keeps spreading.

With the 90-day decree, the government said it plans 'sustainable management' of 21 beaches tarred by 6,000 barrels of oil that spilled from a tanker ship unloading at a refinery last Saturday.

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