Man arrested in Creeslough explosion investigation released without charge
The man aged in his 60s was arrested on Friday for alleged offences contrary to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997.
He had been held at a Garda station in the north-western region.
The Garda said he has been released without charge and a file would now be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The investigation into the explosion, which ripped through the service station and an adjacent apartment block, is being co-ordinated from Milford Garda station, where an incident room is in operation.
The inquiry is being led by local gardai, supported by a number of different agencies, including Ireland's Health and Safety Authority.
The 10 victims were Robert Garwe and his five-year-old daughter Shauna Flanagan-Garwe, Catherine O'Donnell and her 13-year-old son James Monaghan, fashion student Jessica Gallagher, Celtic fan Martin McGill, James O'Flaherty from Sydney, Australia, shop worker Martina Martin, carpenter Hugh 'Hughie' Kelly and 14-year-old Leona Harper.
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