Creeslough tragedy

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Many of you will have heard about the explosion in the small Donegal town of Creeslough. This devastating tragedy has so far claimed 7 confirmed deaths with more expected. This is a tiny village. It was prime treat Friday sweeties after school time. This will impact every single family in the village and surrounding area. To give you an idea of the size of this small community there are less than 25 children in the village primary school. Please hold the locals in tour thoughts or prayers today as there are still people trapped or unlocated. 😢

My family is from fairly nearby in Donegal and we drove through Creeslough when over there in the summer - so so sad, and can imagine just how enormous an impact it will have on the local community.

Agreed, I just thought AIBU is an odd place for such a tragic event.

Tyrone woman here. I've felt so sick about this since it came out and can't stop checking the news. The coast guard helicopter passed us overhead last night on its way to Dublin. Lots of love to everyone in Donegal and beyond as they wait for and receive their news. News report that its moved to a search and recover operation i presume that means they don't expect to find any more survivors?😪

Heartbreaking, this is such a tragedy fiall the çommunity.

Those poor poor familoes

I'm so sorry, the dog jumped before I could change the errors!

Such devastation for the entire community.

Keep it here. Many of us that would never look at Craicnet are saddened (deeply) by this.

It's the second story on the main BBC News home page.

It’s just awful. I think 2 more bodies have been recovered.

I grew up not far from there, so awful for them.

Thoughts and prayers for the whole village.

It's so tragic how can this happen in this day and age,with so much health and safety.

God those poor people.

A similar gas explosion in England recently was caused by someone cutting through a pipe.

Other possible causes could be a leak somewhere in the gas pipes.

Health and safety isn't fool proof, unfortunately.

Those poor families, my heart goes out to them all, an absolute tragedy.

Thoughts, hopes and prayers to all.

Xx

So sad. Tragic. :-(

Dreadful, nine confirmed dead now and a number still buried in the rubble

I think everyone who has visited Donegal holds a special place in their heart for that beautiful county. Reading about the poor mother who was pacing the street having been told her child was dead and in a mortuary, then not dead but missing. Bless the locals and emergency services who've been working so hard.
I'd a relative injured in a massive bomb explosion and the upturned arms and despair of the bystanders in the Creeslough photographs has really brought it all back to me.

Awful, it’s not somewhere I had heard of before their tragedy but the stories of everyone coming out to help show how close knit it must be

It's an awful, awful tragedy. So sad for the whole community, hard times ahead.

It's a tiny wee village with a population of about 400. 9 dead, 8 in hospital with at least 1 in a serious condition and 4 still missing.

It's devastating, the impact on so many families and the emergency services, who have been working tirelessly since 3.20pm yesterday afternoon.

Absolutely devastating. Donegal people are the nicest you can meet.

Why??

It’s just so, so sad.

My family is from Creeslough. Spent many nights in the Corncutters Rest!

It's heartbreaking. I am keeping them all in my thoughts.

Thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Creeslough. Such a devastating tragedy, I can't get my head around what everyone there must be going through

It's heartbreaking. Such a miracle the petrol in the forecourt didn't ignite. It said a man was blown from a chair at his desk 1km away. Must have been a massive explosion. The photos are harrowing.