Massive explosion at Applegreen in Creeslough

Mod....

Stop the sniping and bitching and give the Late Late show a rest. There's a massive tragedy unfolding here in Donegal and some of you should show a bit of respect instead of behaving like spoiled children in a school playground.

Very good advice about Plugging and unplugging items, but this also applies to, not just turning on light switches, but also turning them off, Which you may have already known, but missed in your post.

Breaking a circuit can cause more sparks than closing them, so very important not to turn anything On or Off.

If something is already on or plugged in, leave it as it is and level the house.

If you smell gas call: 1800 20 50 50 (https://www.gasnetworks.ie/corporate/contact-us/)

This just seems to get worse.

Life is fragile, you never know what the hell can happen and there's no good way to quantify a situation like this and it's impossible to express sympathy sincerely here or to truly understand the loss the people connected to this are feeling.

All we can do is look on in horror.

WTF???

Mod/ Cut it out. Anyone can express their sympathy in whatever form they choose in this forum and we dont need you or anyone else criticizing them for doing so. Thats the end of the "thoughts and prayers" debate.

There is no piped gas supply in Cresslough so it couldn't have been a gas explosion.

I think it must be do with the pumping or storing or diesel, kerosene or petrol.

Absolutely....it's one of those things you think would never happen. How often do we pop to the shops without a seconds thought....

This is really hitting home. You just never know.

Could there have been a leak in the oil tank at the petrol station? Could diesel, petrol, kerosene or other stored fuels at the petrol station go into a gaseous state and cause an explosion?

It'd be highly unlikely that the cause was the solar panels, they do not contain gas, etc, judging by the photos the solar panels are intact anyways, and whilst there is no piped gas connections in Cresslough, it could have possible that a LPG gas tank(s) are in use, although those reasons are neither here nor there....

My condolences to the families and friends to those who died, and I wish a speedy recovery to those injured, thoughts and prayers with all those concerned.

The batteries may be a consideration as some people have said they didn't see a fiery explosion

No government body checks petrol stations for safety. Neither the Local Authority nor the Health and Safety Agency do. People assume someone checks the oil tanks and setup of petrol stations and fuel Depots but no State Organisation does. I live beside a large fuel depot and the Local Authority told they never checked it in 20 years as its not their job.

You would always have some batteries for solar panels to store for later use and there was a lot of them on the roof

The lack of anyone saying they saw a huge gas ball of fire is interesting