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Shaun Keenan

"We're in disbelief": Young girl and two teens among ten confirmed dead at Co Donegal tragedy

Ten people have been killed in an explosion in Co Donegal in what has been described as "the largest number of civilian casualties seen in decades" in the region.

Gardai said that four men, three women, two teenagers and a younger girl of primary school age all died when a blast ripped through a petrol station in the village of Creeslough on Friday, October 7 shortly after 3pm.

Eight further people also at the service station at the time of the explosion have been transported to hospital. One person, who is in critical condition, has been transferred to Dublin, while the other seven remain in a "stable condition" at Letterkenny Univerisity Hospital.

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