Firefighters did not arrive at Manchester Arena until two hours after the suicide bombing, only one paramedic entered the blast scene in the first 40 minutes, and Greater Manchester Police (GMP) did not declare a major incident until the following day, the inquiry into the terror attack has heard.
The inquiry, which began last September, moved on Monday to examining Chapter 10, the emergency response to the attack, based at Victoria Station in central Manchester.
Suicide bomber Salman Abedi, 22, exploded his rucksack bomb at 10.31pm on May 22 2017, in the City Room or foyer of the Arena, killing 22 bystanders and injuring hundreds more among the 14,000 crowd leaving an Ariana Grande show.
I was close to dying - Gateshead dad tells of moment family saved his life
The Pearce family, from Gateshead, had been about to go on holiday when dad Craig fell ill in the bath and had to be resuscitated
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DESPITE restrictions due to the coronavirus, the Grassington based Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UWFRA) has had a record number of call outs. Here, one of its controllers, Derek Hammond, reviews 2020. DESPITE the lockdowns and Covid restrictions this year it has been the busiest year on record for the Grassington based Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UWFRA) with 57 callouts to date, including one on Christmas Day, up from 49 last year and there are still a few days to go. The team are one of the few Mountain Rescue teams who cover underground rescues as well as the more traditional surface and water incidents.