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Petrol station explosion kills 10 in Ireland

The blast occurred at around 3:20 pm (1520 GMT) on Friday in the County Donegal village of Creeslough, Ireland's police, the Garda Siochana, said in a media conference Saturday. "There are 10 fatalities as a result of that explosion.

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Police are treating the incident with an "open mind", but said that "our information at this moment in time is pointing towards a tragic accident." Focus will turn to the causes of the incident once the search and recovery operation is completed.