Medics are understood to be treating a number of casualties
The explosion happened at the Applegreen Service Station on the outskirts of the village of Creeslough, County Donegal, Ireland, just after 3pm today. It's sparked a major emergency plan at the nearby hospital, with medics understood to be treating a number of casualties there.
Emergency vehicles, including fire brigades and ambulances, swarmed the scene after reports of people being trapped, with the cause of the explosion not yet confirmed. The Irish Coastguard also dispatched a rescue helicopter. "The feedback I'm getting from family and friends who are unfortunately down at the scene and in the area is just that the whole place is chaos at the minute, everybody's very, very taken back and devastated of what's happening."
"The whole is town is closed up, all the roads are blocked and there's nobody going nowhere. There's nowhere to go."
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