Creeslough
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Pics are brutal mate. Hope everyone makes it out safe.
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Emergency services are at the scene of an explosion at a service station in Creeslough, Co Donegal.
Image: Joe Dunne
'Community clinging to hope': Multiple injuries confirmed after Donegal explosion
Several people are understood to be trapped under the rubble.5 hours ago 174,376 41
Updated 15 minutes ago
MULTIPLE INJURIES HAVE been confirmed following a major explosion at a service station in Donegal.
The incident happened at the Applegreen service station in the Creeslough area this afternoon.
Multiple people have been seriously injured in the incident, according to a statement from Letterkenny University Hospital.
Their statement reads: “Letterkenny University Hospital is dealing with a serious incident, with multiple injured people requiring immediate attention. The hospital has moved to Major Emergency Standby as it deals with this incident.
“We are appealing to the public not to come to the Emergency Department unless it is an emergency. Please contact your GP or NowDoc service in the first instance. NowDoc has increased staffing this evening to help deal with any additional demands.”
Several people are understood to be trapped under the rubble. Emergency services are currently attempting to reach them.
The Rescue 118 helicopter is currently en route to Dublin from Letterkenny this evening with one of the survivors who is in a critical condition.
Search dogs are also being used to sniff out injured or unconscious people.
A garda spokesman said: “Gardaí are currently assisting other Emergency Services at the scene of a serious incident at Creeslough, County Donegal.
“An Garda Síochána are asking any road users intending to travel to Creeslough to consider alternative routes.”
Among those gathered at the scene cordon were relatives of people feared to have been in the station at the time of the explosion.
Nina Gabel, 35, described distressing scenes at the cordon.
“There was one woman who didn’t know where her daughter was and she was very upset,” she told the PA news agency.
“There are emergency services everywhere, there were so many gardai and fire engines.
“What looked like local farmers’ tractors were helping to dig out the rubble.”
Friends and families are going through a very difficult waiting period in Cresslough following the earlier explosion at a service station, Fine Gael TD Joe McHugh has said.
“We’re just waiting here, my sympathies and thoughts are with a lot of families here and their friends and loved ones, there is a very difficult waiting period now,” he told PA.
“People have pulled together and emergency services are there and doing their work, working carefully through this very very difficult time.
“People are stunned, it’s very surreal, very difficult to put it into words. Just thinking of this very closely knit community that are still clinging on to hope, but they know that it’s going to be a difficult time ahead.”
Several photos have emerged in the immediate aftermath of the explosion. The photographs show the service station has collapsed.
Its fairly shocking, people standjng around waiting to find out if their loved ones are ok. Fingers crossed but looking at the photos it doesnt look good. Hopefully it was early enough that most ofbthe apartments weren't occupied at the time.
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My god this does seem very serious, my thoughts go out to everyone affected by this. Please god there will be no fatalities. It obviously must have been a gas explosion.
Ugh. How awful. Hope no fatalities. Edit: Just saw a bunch more info on twitter. Really horrible situation with some fatalities it appears.
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At least three people dead after explosion in Donegal
At least three people have been killed after an explosion at a service station in Creeslough, Co Donegal earlier today.
Workers clear rubble as loved ones wait for news
The sounds of shovels and diggers clearing rubble at the scene of yesterday afternoon's explosion was the only noise in Creeslough, Co Donegal yesterday evening as locals waited for news of loved ones.
Three people confirmed dead at the moment sadly. I half heard about this earlier, but i didn't think it was this serious.
Savage that. Poor buggers.
carlos21
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What happened here mate.
3 people died in an explosion
carlos21
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I see mate.
Bluerover
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Seems it was a gas explosion possibly in one of the apartments. Just horrible as there were lots of children in the service station getting snacks after school.
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