A 22-year-old woman killed when 400 tonnes of rocks fell on top of her as she walked along a Dorset beach has been named as Charlotte Blackman.
Ms Blackman, the eldest of three siblings, from Heanor, Derbyshire was walking on Burton Bradstock beach on Tuesday afternoon with her boyfriend and family members, who managed to scramble to safety as the rocks from the 160ft-high cliff came down.
The landslide in the popular holiday spot, on the hottest day of the year so far, happened around 12.30pm on Tuesday, just 400 yards from the Freshwater Beach Holiday Park.
Around 400 tonnes of rocks fell from the 160ft cliffs on Burton Bradstock beach
Police have named the woman killed in a landslide in Dorset as Charlotte Blackman
Dorset police confirmed Ms Blackman's body was found at around 9.40pm.
Her uncle, Douglas Blackman, said: "I don't have many words at the moment, to be honest. I found out last night at about 11pm.
"She was on holiday with her whole family, her mum Rachel, dad Kevin, sister Sinead, little brother Mitchell, and boyfriend Matt.
"My brother and her boyfriend and her little brother were there when it happened. I understand the boyfriend got her little brother away into the sea to get him from it.
"She was a lively, fun-loving woman, who had her whole life in front of her."
Group manager Mick Stead, of Dorset Fire and Rescue Service, said the recent weather was the likely trigger for the landslide
Mr Blackman posted on Facebook today: "Am so very very sad, we lost Charlotte yesterday. We will always remember her. My thoughts are with my brother and his family in their darkest hour."
Local witness Gary Rafferty, 36, told the Daily Mail: "I helped a man aged in his 50s out of the debris. I saw his son who had also been trapped.
"I said to him “Are you alright?” and he said “No, my girlfriend’s trapped under there. He was quite hysterical.Then the lifeboat came and took him and his father off the beach. It must have been very difficult to leave the woman trapped under the rocks."
A Dorset police spokesman said: "At approximately 9.40pm on Tuesday July 24, search crews located a body on Burton Bradstock beach.
Emergency services were searching the beach following the landslide
"Next of kin are aware and family liaison officers are supporting the family. The coroner has been informed.
"At this time there are no further reports of missing people at the location and the search operation will now be stood down.
"It is believed the incident was a tragic accident and our thoughts are with the family of the victim at this very difficult time."
Rescue services and ambulances descended on the holiday camp close to the site of the landslide
Emergency services believe the heavy rain over the last few weeks combined with the recent heatwave caused the landslip.
The area's local resilience forum has warned residents and people visiting west Dorset to avoid cliffs and beaches with a cliff backdrop following the incident.
Speaking about the landslip, group manager Mick Stead, of Dorset Fire and Rescue, said: "It was a significant collapse, probably around 400 tonnes and that covers an area of 20m."
Mr Stead explained that the recent weather was the likely trigger for the landslide at the 160ft-high cliffs, which created a 60ft-high pile of rock on the beach.