10 killed, 8 others injured in petrol station explosion in Ireland
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- 10 Oct 2022
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An explosion at a petrol station in Donegal county, Ireland on Friday killed 10, including two teenagers and a younger girl, police said Saturday, adding that the incident appeared to be "a tragic accident."
The police said no more casualties were expected from the explosion, which happened shortly after 3 p.m. local time (2 p.m. GMT) on Friday at the Applegreen petrol station on the outskirts of the village of Creeslough.
The dead, who were all from the local area, also included four men and three women. Eight people are being treated in the hospital, including one with critical injuries who was airlifted to Dublin.
"We have to keep an open mind as a police service in how we investigate this but our information at this point in time is pointing towards a tragic accident," Superintendent David Kelly told a news conference.
Photographs from the scene showed a two-story apartment block above the petrol station's store with walls blown out and a partially collapsed roof, and debris scattered across the forecourt where several cars were parked.
Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said the incident was an unspeakable tragedy for a small community of just a few hundred people.
"People across this island will be numbed by the same sense of shock and utter devastation as the people of Creeslough at this tragic loss of life," Martin said in a statement late on Friday. Read More...
