Parents embraced their children as hundreds of people gathered for a vigil in memory of the 10 people who died in the explosion at a petrol station in Ireland.
People also carried candles at the vigil held in the town of Milford, about half an hour’s drive from Cleeslough where the disaster happened on Friday.
Prayers were said and music was played, including a song called Creeslough, written and performed by a local musician.
The crowd sang the Irish-language hymn A Mhuire Mhathair (Mother Mary) at the end of the vigil.
Hot drinks and cookies were handed out afterwards as people gathered to process the news in the aftermath of the tragedy.
This is the first of nearly 20 vigils due to be held across County Donegal on Sunday.
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They will take place after it emerged that the youngest victim was buying her mother a birthday cake from the gas station shop at the time of the explosion.
Shauna Flanagan Garwe was killed alongside her father Robert Garwe, 50.
Catherine O’Donnell, 39, and her 13-year-old son James Monaghan were also among the dead in what was described as a “freak accident”.
At a press conference on Sunday, police said the other six victims were James O’Flaherty, 48, Jessica Gallagher, 24, Martin McGill, 49, Hugh Kelly, 59, Martina Martin, 49 and Leona Harper, 14.
A man in his 20s is in critical condition at Dublin Hospital, while seven other people are being treated at Letterkenny University Hospital and are described as being in stable condition.
Meanwhile, the pope offered his condolences to the people of Ireland following the blast.
A statement sent by his representative to Bishop of Raphoe Alexander McGuckian reads: “His Holiness Pope Francis was saddened to learn of the loss of life and destruction caused by the explosion at Creeslough and he expresses his spiritual closeness to all who suffer as a result of this tragedy.
“While entrusting the deceased to the merciful love of Almighty God, His Holiness implore divine blessings of consolation and healing upon the injured, displaced and families grappling with the pain of loss.
“As a pledge of strength and peace in the Lord, the Holy Father sends his blessing to all the people of Ireland.”