Austerio Sanchez (63), a fisherman from the bay of Huaral, rests in a hut that he used with his colleagues as a base for their activities. For several days now they have been going to the area to see how the contamination continues to spread, with scarce clean-up work being done by Repsol. A tanker unloading crude oil at the Repsol operated La Pampilla refinery was hit by a strong wave following the volcanic eruption in Tonga. The ship lost approximately 11,900 barrel oil just off the coast of Lima. The Peruvian government declared an environmental emergency after announcing that 21 beaches on the Pacific Coast were contaminated by the oil spill.