Police are investigating the cause of the blast, and Superintendent David Kelly said evidence 'is pointing toward a tragic accident.'
The death toll from a gas station explosion that shattered a small village in northwest Ireland rose to 10 on Saturday, and emergency workers who combed through piles of rubble said they did not expect to find more bodies.
Ireland's police force, An Garda Siochana, said the midafternoon explosion killed four men, three women, two teenagers and a girl of primary school age. Eight people were hospitalized — one in critical condition — after the blast destroyed the Applegreen service station in the community of about 400 people near Ireland's rugged Atlantic coast.
The explosion leveled the gas station building, which holds the main shop and post office for the village, damaged an adjacent apartment building and shattered the windows in nearby cottages. Emergency services continue their work at the scene of the Applegreen service station explosion on October 8, 2022 in Creeslough, Ireland. Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin said it was one of the"darkest of days for Donegal and the entire country."
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