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Liverpool Echo
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PA reporters & Dan Haygarth

Young girl among ten killed in Irish petrol station explosion

The death toll has risen to ten people, including a young child and two teenagers, after an explosion at a petrol station in Ireland.

A blast on Friday afternoon ripped through an Applegreen service station in the village of Creeslough, Co Donegal. A search and recovery operation is ongoing as rescue workers attempt to locate several people who are still missing.

Irish police have said four men, three women, a teenage girl, a teenage boy and a girl of primary school age were killed. Eight people were transferred to hospital on Friday. The Garda has not provided any information on the suspected cause of the explosion.

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