Emergency services are providing the latest details about a huge explosion in Creeslough, County Donegal - follow our coverage for live updates throughout the day
A tragedy on this scale is really something this tight-knit rural community could never have imagined.All that is left of the shop and the flats above is just a crumpled mess of rubble.At times they asked for complete silence around them while they listened for signs of anyone trapped.
The cause of the explosion is still not known but gardaí are working on the theory it was perhaps a gas explosion. Locals say it happened at a time when the shop would have been busy because local schools had just finished for the day. It will be a major operation throughout the course of the day to try to find out if there are any more survivors here or indeed if anyone else has lost their life.
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