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| Creeslough: Girl, 5, and dad among 10 killed in Donegal blast | Creeslough: Girl, 5, and dad among 10 killed in Donegal blast |
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| Top row left to right: Shauna Flanagan Garwe and her father Robert Garwe, Leona Harper, Hugh Kelly, Jessica Gallagher. Bottom row left to right: Martin McGill, James O'Flaherty, Martina Martin, Catherine O'Donnell and son James Monaghan | Top row left to right: Shauna Flanagan Garwe and her father Robert Garwe, Leona Harper, Hugh Kelly, Jessica Gallagher. Bottom row left to right: Martin McGill, James O'Flaherty, Martina Martin, Catherine O'Donnell and son James Monaghan |
| The names of the 10 people killed in an explosion in Creeslough, County Donegal on Friday have been confirmed. | |
| The victims include five-year-old Shauna Flanagan Garwe and her dad Robert Garwe, 50. | The victims include five-year-old Shauna Flanagan Garwe and her dad Robert Garwe, 50. |
| Catherine O'Donnell, 39, and her son James Monaghan, 13, also lost their lives in the explosion. | Catherine O'Donnell, 39, and her son James Monaghan, 13, also lost their lives in the explosion. |
| Leona Harper, 14, Jessica Gallagher, 24, James O'Flaherty, 48, Martin McGill, 49, Martina Martin, 49 and Hugh Kelly, 59 also died. | Leona Harper, 14, Jessica Gallagher, 24, James O'Flaherty, 48, Martin McGill, 49, Martina Martin, 49 and Hugh Kelly, 59 also died. |
| The blast happened at a petrol station in the village on Friday. | The blast happened at a petrol station in the village on Friday. |
| On Sunday, An Garda Síochána confirmed a man in his 20s remains in hospital in a critical condition. | On Sunday, An Garda Síochána confirmed a man in his 20s remains in hospital in a critical condition. |
| Seven other people who were injured in the explosion are still being treated at Letterkenny University Hospital and remain in stable condition. | Seven other people who were injured in the explosion are still being treated at Letterkenny University Hospital and remain in stable condition. |
| 'They are all local people' | 'They are all local people' |
| The investigation is continuing and the scene remains cordoned off. | The investigation is continuing and the scene remains cordoned off. |
| Post-mortem examinations are taking place but the results will not be made public. | |
| A police officer comforts people at the scene of the tragedy | A police officer comforts people at the scene of the tragedy |
| During a press conference on Sunday, Supt Liam Geraghty said the incident has had a "huge impact" on the small, rural community. | During a press conference on Sunday, Supt Liam Geraghty said the incident has had a "huge impact" on the small, rural community. |
| "They are all local people, they are all very much involved in the local community, they were all people who were shopping in their local shop," he said. | "They are all local people, they are all very much involved in the local community, they were all people who were shopping in their local shop," he said. |
| "We have very, very young children - the schools are going to be impacted, local GAA clubs are going to be impacted, the local church and general community is going to be severely impacted by this incident. | "We have very, very young children - the schools are going to be impacted, local GAA clubs are going to be impacted, the local church and general community is going to be severely impacted by this incident. |
| "But it is very strong community. So I'm sure the community will come together and will support each other." | "But it is very strong community. So I'm sure the community will come together and will support each other." |
| Tributes being paid to explosion victims | |
| On Sunday, Bishop Alan McGuckian told Mass-goers that the people of Creeslough were "living through a nightmare" after the blast. | |
| He said the disaster was one that "anybody could have been caught up in". | |
| "Why did they have to be there at that awful moment?" he asked. | |
| Details have also been emerging of the operation to free those trapped in the rubble, involving both the emergency services and local people. | |
| Dr Gerry Lane, a consultant in emergency medicine, told told RTÉ's This Week programme that the entire building was "inherently unstable". | |
| "I saw people in shorts and flip flops wrenching corrugated iron away with their bare hands," he said. | |
| "Those people were heroic but were placing themselves in a great deal of danger." | |
| Dr Lane added that three of the rescue workers were injured over the course of Friday evening. | |
| Ten red candles were lit at St Michael's church for the 10 victims of the explosion | |
| JJ McGowan, the chief ambulance officer at the scene, described the conditions encountered by emergency teams. | |
| "At one stage the fire service had constructed a small mouse hole in the wall, to get in to part of the scene. | |
| "And all I could see was two of our boots sticking out of it, with the green trousers. | |
| "And one of our lads in there trying to see what he could see, or see what he could find in through, what you could only describe as a mouse hole." | |
| Ten red candles have been lit inside the church in tribute to those who lost their lives in the explosion. | |
| Over the coming days, communities across counties Donegal and neighbouring Tyrone will come together for vigils to send sympathy to all affected by the explosion. | |
| Books of condolence are also opening across Northern Ireland. |