Multiple injuries have been reported after a 'devastating' explosion at a service station in County Donegal
"This is a quiet village, a very close knit village, this is the only shop, it's the petrol station, it's the deli counter, it's the post office, it's where the hair dresser is, and at 3.15pm this afternoon a massive explosion that could be heard for miles around ripped right through this building, and it's very sombre here," he told the BBC.
"There are silent prayers being said, there are people still trapped within the building and the emergency services are doing everything that they can to remove the rubble, and people are being airlifted away to our hospitals in the region. "This is a dark dark cloud over the entire community of Cresslough and further afield today as this scene unfolds before us.""What we're hearing is there's just absolute carnage in Creeslough at the moment, there's a massive gas explosion," he told BBC Radio Ulster.
"The feedback I'm getting from family and friends who are unfortunately down at the scene and in the area is just that the whole place is chaos at the minute, everybody's very, very taken back and devastated of what's happening."
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