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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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'SHOCKED AND NUMBED' The university hospital, some 15 miles (24 kilometres) from the explosion, was placed on an emergency footing to deal with "multiple injuries", it said in a statement. Ireland's premier Micheal Martin called it a "very dark day" as he spoke to the media briefly before heading to the scene.