Creeslough death toll could have been ‘twice as high’ if blast was five minutes earlier

The death toll from the Cresslough explosion could have been twice as high if the blast had happened five minutes earlier, a doctor has said (PA)

The death toll from the Cresslough explosion could have been twice as high if the blast had happened five minutes earlier, a doctor has said.

Village GP Dr Paul Stewart said a group of school children had been sitting on a wall of the service station and convenience store just before it was buried by falling rubble.