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Massive explosion at Applegreen in Creeslough

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    #152
    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 46,095 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119714993#Comment_119714993

    I posted this earlier. There has been enough speculation so we can call a halt to that part of the discussion. Thanks.



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    #153
    Munstergirl854
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    Praying for those involved....I thought Eileen Magner looked deeply moved from the scene on RTE news ...and the reporter who was also there at 6PM....it looked to me they knew the scale of the tragedy but could not report on it as such .. ..



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    #154
    Moragle
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119716228#Comment_119716228

    I thought this too, sure you can still buy the bottles of calor gas for your stove. An unimaginable tragedy, there won't be a person in the parish unaffected by this. For those who were saying about the helicopter I would imagine the vast majority would be getting transferred to Beaumont there'd be a lot of head injuries in a building collapse. Beaumont is in a very residential area so maybe the coast guard helicopter is just too big to land there. Either way I don't know how letterkenny hospital coped last night, it struggles on a good day. If the reports on rte were right there were at least 30 people in the shop when it happened. There's not 30 cubicles in letterkenny a and e. My heart is sore for the people of creeslough



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    #155
    CruelSummer
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    When looking at the area, it looks like the main small supermarket/shop of the village. What a shocking thing to happen. The shop assistants would be well known to all, the locals in the shop probably happy it’s Friday arriving in after school collection or early work finish.



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    #156
    spakman
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    7 confirmed dead and more expected. absolutely tragic



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    #157
    DOCARCH
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    Death toll now stands at 7. RIP. Still people missing/unaccounted for.



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    #158
    malinheader
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    Sadly the fatalities has risen to 7.



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    #159
    muffler
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    Latest news on the local radio station indicates that there are still people missing / trapped inside.



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    #160
    malinheader
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119716342#Comment_119716342

    It's going to be a while yet before the whole extent of this disaster is known.

    Massive respect for the emergency services and public volunteers.



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    #161
    knucklehead6
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    ….



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    #162
    pc7
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    Horrific stuff, no words really.



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    #163
    Moragle
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    Only 8 brought to lk hospital and rte said last night there was about 30 people in the shop. Its only going to get worse. Horrific



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    #164
    Pawwed Rig
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119716335#Comment_119716335

    Christ. Not what I was hoping to wake up to.

    RIP



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    #165
    EOQRTL
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    30 in the shop, christ that's not good.



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    #166
    Traumadoc
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119716245#Comment_119716245

    Coast guard landing has very strict criteria including a safe zone - Dara Fitzpatrick called me once to explain why they could not land at my hospital.

    Air corps have less strict rules.



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    #167
    irishgeo
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119716100#Comment_119716100

    Your talking rubbish. I know you can't open a petrol station without the approval of the local authority fire services. So one assumes it's inspected yearly.



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    #168
    Mech1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,099 ✭✭✭Mech1


    You assume wrong, unless a complaint is made, no checks. 20 years experience in a small South Dublin fuel station.



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    #169
    muffler
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119716441#Comment_119716441
    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119716466#Comment_119716466

    Take that discussion to another forum. This is neither the time or place for it.



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    #170
    malinheader
    Registered Users Posts: 5,132 ✭✭✭malinheader


    Talking about petrol station checking should be left till a definite cause has been confirmed.

    Even at this it's not going to change a thing for the families who have lost.

    I think we should park all theories and causes till a much later date.



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    #171
    iguana
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119716342#Comment_119716342

    On RTE it's being reported that the Gardai have stated this now a search and recovery operation. Which is the operational change when it's not believed that there is a likelihood of saving lives.



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    #172
    muffler
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119716488#Comment_119716488

    Sadly that appears to be the case.



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    #173
    Panrich
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    This really hits home. People going about their business on a Friday evening caught up in an unimaginable tragedy.

    I can only imagine the heartache and anguish of relatives and friends waiting for news of their loved ones.



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    #174
    CIARAN_BOYLE
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119716215#Comment_119716215

    5:30 was the first time I had heard 3 dead. Several hours before confirmation. Apparently a local County Concillor was telling all and sundry.


    Was hoping it was just a bad rumour.


    I see it's gotten to 7 fatalities now. Just a horror.



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    #175
    enricoh
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    It seemed like a big block of apartments for a small tourist town. Hopefully most of them are holiday lets n empty this time of year.



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    #176
    FrancieBrady
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    Just breaking here that somebody I know had 3 children in the shop, coming from school. They are alive but injured and lost a friend and her father.

    Absolutely shocking how an ordinary day can turn to this in a heartbeat.



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    #177
    muffler
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    There have been posts ranging from helicopter pads to filling station inspections to politicians jumping on the band wagon. All of those are not relevant to this thread. So far I have merely removed a few posts and issued several on-thread warnings but that will change to formal warnings and / or bans if some posters can't show respect for those affected by this tragedy. Please think before you post.



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    #178
    cap.in.hand.
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    On the news it said that the explosion was in a apartment next to the shop



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    #179
    Jim_Hodge
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119716549#Comment_119716549

    Give it a rest! Take your speculation elsewhere for now.

    I'm shattered by this news and feel so sorry for the families. There are no words that can express how big a disaster this is for a small rural community.



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    #180
    malinheader
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    The day and time it happened could not of been worse. Unfortunately imo there wouldn't of been a worse time for this disaster to happen. Unbelievable.



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    #181
    DOCARCH
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    Report now (on RTE) 2 more dead located, bringing death toll to 9.



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