SEVEN people have been confirmed dead after a service station was blown apart in a horror explosion yesterday. Gardai last night confirmed three people had died in the tragedy at the Applegreen pet…
Sniffer dogs are also being used in the major operation., workers stopped machinery and blew whistles in a bid to hear survivors in the debris at around 10.30pm.
On request, the Coast Guard cleared a helicopter landing zone in Phoenix Park, Dublin, as part of the emergency operation.Some chunks of masonry had smashed on to cars while windows in buildings were blown to bits.The service station was located at the entrance to the village in a complex with a number of other businesses, including a hairdressing salon.Large parts of the facade of the complex were ripped off with roofs and solar blankets to victims panels falling into the rubble.
"There was no ambulances or gardai at the scene because it had literally just happened. I saw one person on the ground and they looked as if they were dead. Donegal Sinn Fein TD Pearse Doherty said some people had been trapped inside their apartments after the "devastating" blast. He said it was like "your worst nightmare".
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