By Gráinne Ní Aodha and Michelle Devane (PA)
Emergency services are at the scene of a reported explosion at a Co Donegal service station.
Images posted to social media show serious damage to the Applegreen service station in the village of Creeslough.
A number of units from the National Ambulance Service and the Irish Coast Guard’s Rescue 118 helicopter are assisting the operation.
Local councillor Donal Mandy Kelly told the PA news agency hearing of the blast was “devastating”.
He said: “My thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved.”
An Garda Siochana are asking motorists travelling towards Creeslough to consider alternative routes.
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