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Two dead after Tenerife landslide
01 Nov 2009 20:34:59 GMT
Source: Reuters
(adds nationality of victims)

MADRID, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Two people died after a landslide on to a beach on Sunday on the Spanish island of Tenerife, though no one is believed to be trapped beneath the rocks, local emergency services said.

The victims were a 34-year old local woman and a British woman aged around 57, they said.

Rescue crews, including sniffer dogs and medical teams, were working to clear the Los Gigantes beach but a spokeswoman from the emergency services said it was considered very improbable more people were under the debris.

No one else had been reported hurt, though some people were being treated for shock, the spokeswoman said.

The cliff side collapsed on Sunday, piling rocks up to five metres (16 feet) deep on to the popular tourist beach. (Reporting by Paul Day)


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Firefighters and rescue workers search for survivors after a landslide of rocks on the beach of Los Gigantes in Tenerife November 1, 2009. At least two people have died and as ...



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