Vast amounts of oil has coated beaches in Peru after Tonga's tsunami caused an oil spill at a refinery near Lima on Saturday 15 January.

Aerial footage filmed over Cavero beach in Peru's Callao region on 20 January showed beaches contaminated by the oil.

It was spilled into the sea when a tanker was offloading its cargo at the refinery, owned by the Repsol oil company, when the tsunami reached Peru.

The company denies it is responsible for the environmental disaster.

This footage was filmed and produced 20 January 2022.

Thousands of barrels of oil produced by the Repsol company have contaminated many kilometers of Peruvian beaches and sea after a spill that occurred on Sunday after the Tonga volcano, located hundreds of kilometers away, exploded. The damage that the environmental organizations have calculated is irreparable, while the company refuses to accept its responsibility for this fact.

In these aerial images we can observe the magnitude of the contamination produced by this oil spill that affects the flora and fauna of the Peruvian sea. Images recorded on January 20, 2022 at Cavero beach, Callao region, Peru.