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Hollie Bone

Girl, 5, killed alongside dad in petrol station blast was 'buying birthday cake for mum'

The tragic final moments of the victims caught in an Irish petrol station explosion have emerged, including children who were buying ice cream and cake for friends and family.

Three children and seven adults were killed after a 'freak accident' gas blast ripped through Applegreen Service Station on the outskirts of the village of Creeslough, Co Donegal, just after 3pm on Friday.

The youngest victim, a five-year-old girl and her father, a Zambian man aged in his 50s, were reportedly looking for a birthday cake for the mother, but were killed just moments after stepping foot inside the fuel stop.

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