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BBC: A breakdown in communication led to a near two-hour delay in sending fire crews to the scene of the Manchester Arena attack on May 22.

November 12th, 2017

Fire crews were deployed to the Ariana Grande gig 1 hour 47 minutes after Salman Abedi killed 22 and injured 512.

“…..The BBC understands the document includes:

County Fire Officer Pete O’Reilly was not informed the bomb had gone off for 35 minutes
Fire brigade bosses followed protocol by not deploying crews due to the potential risk of a second terrorist incident
The brigade claims it did not know until nearly two hours after the attack that the threat had been lifted….”

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