Creeslough explosion: First paramedic on scene feared service station would blow up

A member of the Gardaí lays flowers she was given by a member of the public at the scene of an explosion at Applegreen service station in the village of Creeslough in Co Donegal on Friday. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

The first paramedic on the scene of the Creeslough explosion has told how he feared the Apple Green Service Station would blow up.

Regional Advanced Paramedic Supervisor Brian Ó Fearraigh was in the first ambulance that arrived on the scene of the explosion last Friday, that took the lives of 10 locals.