Donegal emergency services have publicly thanked their counterparts in the North for rushing to the aid of those trapped in the petrol station in Creeslough on Friday.
Crews from both sides of the border raced to the scene where they worked endlessly, alongside local volunteers, to do all that they could to ensure as many people were saved as possible and to recover those who sadly passed.
Ten people are now confirmed to have died a following blast at a service station in the village of Creeslough in Co. Donegal on Friday.
The death toll includes a child and two teenagers.
It’s understood that those who died are 4 men, 3 women, 2 teenagers, one male and one female, and a young girl.
The explosion ripped through the station and destroyed an adjacent apartment building.
Emergency crews held a one minute silence at a press conference where they said the don’t expect any further fatalities but that there’s a lot of people badly injured.
This story is developing.