UPDATE: Multiple people are being treated in hospital following an explosion at a service station in County Donegal. Letterkenny University Hospital has moved to 'major emergency standby'.
It happened at an Applegreen petrol station in the village of Creeslough on Friday afternoon.
"At quarter past three a massive explosion, which could be heard for miles, around ripped right through the building. "I am following emergency services here through Kilmacrennan on the way to Creeslough, there are more and more emergency services at the scene," he told BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme.'The place is in chaos'
"There is a large-scale rescue operation on the way and it is something that we haven't seen in the area in my lifetime It's very traumatising for everybody."A canopy on the forecourt has collapsed and there is an apartment block which sits behind the garage and that has suffered extensive damage too .Local people have been numbed by the sheer scale of the damage.
He added that the community hall in the village was providing shelter to people in nearby houses whose windows were blown in or others waiting on news on their loved ones.
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