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On October 7, 2022, ten people are killed and eight are injured in an explosion at petrol station in Creeslough, Ireland. The year's #1 song was "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals.
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Featured · October 7, 2022
The Creeslough explosion occurred on 7 October 2022 at an apartment above Applegreen petrol station in Creeslough, a village in north County Donegal, Ireland. It killed ten people and left eight hospitalised; the highest number of civilian casualties in the county in decades. Investigators suspected an accidental gas leak.
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2022 explosion in Donegal, Ireland
The Creeslough explosion occurred on 7 October 2022 at an apartment above Applegreen petrol station in Creeslough, a village in north County Donegal, Ireland. It killed ten people and left eight hospitalised; the highest number of civilian casualties in the county in decades. Investigators suspected an accidental gas leak.
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