Search

05 Sept 2025

Watch: The eerie scene as Creeslough awakens following tragedy

Seven fatalities have been confirmed this morning in Creeslough following an explosion at the Applegreen service station on Friday afternoon

A cloud hangs over Creeslough following an unfathomable tragedy yesterday afternoon.

An explosion at the Applegreen service station took place on Friday at 3:20pm approximately, with emergency services working tirelessly through the night at the scene. 

The first three of those deaths were confirmed late last night, with Donegal waking to the tragic news this morning that the toll had risen to seven, with many more in hospital. A search and recovery operation for further fatalities remains ongoing.

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.