Latest man arrested over Creeslough explosion that killed 10 people released without charge

A MAN AGED in his 40s who was arrested yesterday as part of the investigation into the fatal explosion at a building complex in Creeslough, Co Donegal three years ago has been released without charge.

A file will now be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions according to gardaí.

Those killed in the October 2022 blast included four men, three women, a teenage boy and a girl, and one five-year-old girl.

This is the sixth arrest to have taken place related to the investigation. Everyone who has been arrested to date has been released without charge.

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Sources have previously told The Journal it’s believed that a gas leak inside the building complex, which was comprised of a number of connected apartments and a Applegreen petrol station, caused the explosion.

The investigation into the fatal explosion is ongoing, with an incident room established in Milford Garda Station.

A garda spokesperson said the investigation continues to be led by local Gardaí in the Donegal Division, supported by the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation and other agencies including the Health and Safety Authority and the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU).

Those who died in the explosion were:

Robert Garwe and his five-year-old daughter Shauna Flanagan Garwe, Catherine O’Donnell and her 13-year-old son James Monaghan; Sydney native James O’Flaherty, student Jessica Gallagher, Celtic fan Martin McGill, carpenter Hugh Kelly, shop worker Martina Martin, and 14-year-old Leona Harper.

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