A five-year-old girl who was buying her mum a birthday cake was among the victims killed in an Irish petrol station blast. Three children and seven adults died in the 'freak accident' gas explosion shortly after 3pm on Friday at Applegreen Service Station in Creeslough, Co Donegal.
Shauna Flanagan Garwe, 5, believed to be the youngest victim, and her dad Robert Garwe, 50 were reportedly looking for a birthday cake for the mother when they lost their lives just moments after entering the station shop.
The second youngster victim, Leona Harper, 14, was also killed in the blast while buying ice cream for a sleepover at a friends house in Creeslough. Her devastated brother, Anthony Harper, paid heartfelt tribute to the young rugby star on Facebook last night. He wrote: "I don't no where to begin, Leona I couldn't of asked for a better little sister.