 Deputy Pearce Dougharty we're here in Crease land it's just absolutely horrendous what's unfolding here it's just so surreal like it there's a neary silence here as people are silently praying for the best but I've seen the devastation that the explosion caused there's people trapped in the building emergency services are doing everything to get them out we know that there some of them are able to communicate with outside outside but this is a this is a very very dark day for this community and you know we all know this community it's a tight-knit community everybody knows each other this place is so busy and at the time of day that it was on just after school pension day all of the rest the post office there it's just it's just heartbreaking to see what's unfolded here in this community today and it's this community but this is our community and we all know people who are waiting for news it's just it's it's very very hard to fathom it is and look you know the natural response when you hear a tragedy and somewhere is the first thing do you know somebody and you know this is on our doorstep this is a tight-knit community many times that we all pass through the shop and stop for petrol or go into the deli or into the into the shop and like this this is the only shop in this village and you know this there's there's terrible news spilling out here from from Priscilla today and you know I don't think there's words to there's no words words valiant I'm like this here and you know we're just hoping hoping and hoping that you know what what that it may not be any worse than what we're already here and whilst we're speaking now there are still people waiting for news the rescue's ongoing and we've got emergency services in there working in a very difficult sites as well to and their families I'm sure very keen to for them to get home safely as well absolutely like everybody here who's you know who hasn't been able to make contact with the loved one is is holding on just waiting for that moment when they'll answer the phone or when they can walk out here and we see the helicopters airlifting people the locals were on the scene very early they were taking people out of the shop you know a lot of people got out earlier on with with some injuries others have been taken away to hospital but there's there's people still in that building at this point in time in that building as we've seen the images at the full front is blown off the back is blown off and and the emergency services as you say are working under very difficult circumstances to to make sure that people are rescued in a safe and sound manner and it's important isn't it for the likes of USC John McHugh father John Joe who's a local parish priest here to stand with the community there's nothing to say you just stand with them yeah like and that's it it's a sense of hopelessness and you know talking to others here and there's so there's so much quiet here you know it's it's like walking into an early awake and there's nothing that we can do and you know we'd all love to just roll up our sleeves and maybe help move some of the rubble but that's not what's in the best interest here this this building is seriously damaged and it needs to be done by the professionals who know what they're doing so in a minute you're just trying to to be here with solidarity and and people know that they're in our thoughts they're in our prayers and as we say our own we silent prayers this evening here in Creasley thank you and obviously the situation as it stands at the moment is that Creasley is closed to traffic the emergency services behind us are doing everything they can to as you heard from the deputy there to rescue people some are trapped there is contact with them and there is helicopter activity there's ambulance fire brigade it's an ongoing situation and I imagine this will go on deep into the night but just for those who may be driving it's certainly impossible here and you would really help if you rather than drive up to this area take any early diversions that you can if you need to get to somewhere