Ten dead after Donegal petrol station explosion in Ireland

Ten people have died after a huge explosion at a petrol station in the Republic of Ireland.

Four men, three women, a teenage boy and girl and a younger girl were killed, said gardaí (Irish police), according to BBC.

The blast happened at the Applegreen service station in the County Donegal village of Creeslough on October 7.

It destroyed the building and a section of an apartment block, with police saying the evidence gathered so far suggested it was a tragic accident.

Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Micheál Martin described the explosion as an "enormous trauma".

"The entire nation is shocked at what has happened," he said during a visit to the scene on October 8 evening.