Tributes paid after talented rugby player named among victims of Irish petrol station blast that claimed ten lives

Tributes have been paid after a talented teenage rugby player was named among victims of the petrol station blast in Ireland that claimed 10 lives

Among those killed at the Applegreen Service Station in the village of Creeslough, Co Donegal was talented rugby player Leona Harper.Picture: Picture: Dublin Fire Brigade/Alamy

Four men, three women, a teenage boy and girl and a young child all died in the huge explosion. Another eight people are in hospital.The local community in Co Donegal has been devastated by the tragic event.In an update earlier this afternoon, officials said they are not expecting any further casualties but that search and rescue efforts are continuing in the Co Donegal village of Creeslough.

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