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Vigil held for 10 people who died in petrol station explosion in Ireland
Hundreds of people, many of them parents with their children, gathered for a vigil in memory of the 10 people who died in the petrol station explosion in Ireland
The vigil was held in the town of Milford, around a half an hour’s drive from Cleeslough where the disaster happened on Friday.
Prayers were said and music was played at the vigil, including a song called Creeslough, written and played by a local musician. The crowd sang the Irish language hymn A Mhuire Mhathair (Mother Mary) at the end of the vigil.
The explosion happened at around 8pm on Friday night when a car crashed into a petrol pump at a filling station in Cleeslough and burst into flames.
Nine people died at the scene and one person died later in hospital. All of the victims were from the local area.
Eyewitnesses described how people ran to help those who were caught up in the explosion and how some used their bare hands to try to put out the fires. The death toll could have been even higher if it wasn’t for their brave actions.