King Charles offers condolences to Ireland after petrol station explosion

FILE PHOTO: Emergency services attend the scene of an explosion, resulting in multiple deaths, at a service station in the village of Creeslough, in County Donegal, Ireland, October 8, 2022. REUTERS/Trevor McBride

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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's King Charles offered his condolences on Monday to those who lost loved ones in an explosion at a petrol station in the Irish county of Donegal.

"My wife and I were filled with immense sadness when we heard of that appallingly tragic explosion at Creeslough, County Donegal," Charles said in a statement of the explosion on Friday that has left 10 dead.

FILE PHOTO: Britain's King Charles attends the state funeral and burial of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, in London, Britain, September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson/File Photo

"However inadequate this may be under such shattering circumstances, we wanted you to know that our most heartfelt sympathy and deepest condolences are with those families and friends who have lost their loved ones in this devastating tragedy."

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(Reporting by Muvija M; editing by William James)