Tenerife beach landslide kills British woman

The British woman killed by a landslide at a beach in Tenerife in the Canary Islands has been named by the Foreign Office as Marion O'Hara. It happened shortly after 4pm local time on Sunday at a small beach at Playa de los Gigantes. The collapse of a 130ft stretch of cliff on to the beach killed another person and may have buried another two, a Spanish interior ministry spokesman said. The local Civil Guard said the second victim was also female. It is not known where in the UK 57-year-old Marion lived. Diane Morris, who works at the nearby Bamboo Bar, said emergency workers had been at the scene on Sunday night. "There has been a lot of activity with helicopters and there are still ambulances and fire engines down there. "It is a little beach, more like a cove really, but it's all taped off now."

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ITN | November 2, 2009

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