An investigation by the Health and Safety Authority is due to get under way in Co Donegal - after two people died following a farm accident yesterday.
The two men - both in their 50s - died while working on a tractor yesterday evening.
The incident happened at around twenty past six yesterday evening, in the Crossroads area of Killygordan - between Ballybofey and Strabane. It is understood the men were working on a tractor tyre when it exploded.
The men, who were both aged 52, have been named locally as Kevin Woods and Seamus Hegarty.
Ambulances were dispatched, but both men were pronounced dead. Their bodies were removed to Letterkenny General Hospital where it is understood post-mortem examinations will take place later.
Local Independent Councillor Frank McBrearty says the entire community is shocked by the news:
The area remains sealed off this morning while the Health and Safety Authority carry out an investigation.
