Parents hug their children during a grim vigil for 10 people killed in a petrol station explosion in Ireland

Parents hugged their children as hundreds gathered at a somber vigil in memory of the 10 people who died in a devastating explosion at an Irish petrol station.

A five-year-old girl and her father were among the victims of Friday's blast in Creeslough, County Donegal, at a complex of residential flats.

The huge blast claimed the lives of 10 local people who were named by police at a press conference today.

Those who died were Robert Garwe, 50, and his daughter Shauna Flanagan Garwe, 5, James O'Flaherty, 48, Jessica Gallagher, 24, Martin, 49. McGill, Catherine O'Donnell, 39, and her son James Monaghan, 13, Hugh Kelly, 59, Martina Martin, 49, and Leona Harper, 14.

Police say a man in his 20s remains in critical condition at St James's Hospital in Dublin.

People at a vigil in Milford, Co Donegal for the victims of the explosion at the Applegreen petrol station (

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The seven other injured survivors continue to receive treatment at Letterkenny University Hospital and remain in stable condition.

The first of nearly 20 vigils due to be held in County Donegal on Sunday took place in the town of Milford, half an hour's drive from the scene of the tragedy.

Locals carried candles, prayers were said and music was played, including a song called Creeslough, written and performed by a local musician.

The huge blast claimed the lives of 10 local people who were named by police at a press conference today