Explosion At Rural Service Station In Creeslough, County Donegal, Ireland
Bizarre/Strange
Friday 7th, October 2022
Updated: 10th October 2022 10:43
A technical examination is expected to continue today following the explosion at a service station on Friday in which ten people died.
The ten people, including three children, who died in the explosion at the Applegreen Service Station and apartment block have been named as Catherine O'Donnell, 39, and her 13-year-old son James Monaghan; Robert Garwe, 50, and his five-year-old daughter Shauna Flanagan Garwe; 14-year-old Leona Harper; Jessica Gallagher, 24; James O'Flaherty, 48; Martin McGill, 49; Martina Martin, 49, and 59-year-old Hugh Kelly.
All victims that have been announced were between the ages of 5 and 59.
An explosion blew out the front and part of the roof of a multi-floored building at a service station in Creeslough, County Donegal today, the 7th of October 2022.
There have been many injured individuals taken to hospitals around the country as well as, unfortunately some confirmed fatalities. The initial assumption is that it was a gas explosion but has yet to be confirmed.
Gas related explosions like the one suspected of occurring in Creeslough are rare enough in Ireland, with only a handful over the years throughout the Island of Ireland.
A technical examination is expected to continue today following the explosion at a service station on Friday in which ten people died.
The ten people, including three children, who died in the explosion at the Applegreen Service Station and apartment block have been named as Catherine O'Donnell, 39, and her 13-year-old son James Monaghan; Robert Garwe, 50, and his five-year-old daughter Shauna Flanagan Garwe; 14-year-old Leona Harper; Jessica Gallagher, 24; James O'Flaherty, 48; Martin McGill, 49; Martina Martin, 49, and 59-year-old Hugh Kelly.
All victims that have been announced were between the ages of 5 and 59.
An explosion blew out the front and part of the roof of a multi-floored building at a service station in Creeslough, County Donegal today, the 7th of October 2022.
There have been many injured individuals taken to hospitals around the country as well as, unfortunately some confirmed fatalities. The initial assumption is that it was a gas explosion but has yet to be confirmed.
Gas related explosions like the one suspected of occurring in Creeslough are rare enough in Ireland, with only a handful over the years throughout the Island of Ireland.
