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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. Sniffer dogs combed the debris, and a mechanical digger lifted piles of rubble from the site on Saturday. 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.Įmergency responders from Ireland and neighboring Northern Ireland joined in what police said Saturday was "search and recovery" operation. 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. Police are investigating the cause of the blast, and Superintendent David Kelly said evidence "is pointing toward a tragic accident." Irish police said no one remained missing after Friday's explosion in Creeslough, County Donegal. LONDON - 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. Emergency services work at the scene of an explosion that killed 10 people at a service station in the village of Creeslough in County Donegal, Ireland, on Saturday.
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