THERE IS danger of another landslide at Lyme Regis after a historic landfill site became exposed, warned the authorities.

The Spittle site, between Lyme Regis and Charmouth, shifted on Tuesday evening resulting in the worst landslide for decades.

A multi-agency group including Dorset County Council, West Dorset District Council, Dorset Police, Dorset Fire and Rescue and the Environment Agency met on Thursday to discuss safety implications.

Members of the public are being urged to keep away from the site for their own safety.

Dorset County Council's emergency planning officer Simon Parker said: "There are very physical dangers at the site.

"There could be a quicksand effect if anyone tried to climb onto the slip and it would be easy to become trapped.

"Added to this there is the risk of falling rocks and earth as well as items being released from the old landfill site."

The landfill site which has been exposed was open in Victorian times and closed in the mid 1970s.

Authorities are warning that there could be potentially hazardous materials in the landfill site that have not yet been identified.