(BBC) The victims of the Manchester Arena bombing were denied “vital assistance” because of confusion over the nature of the attack, an inquiry has heard.
The Manchester Arena inquiry was told specialist fire responders were not mobilised because police did not share details of what had happened.
Only one paramedic entered the scene in the first 40 minutes after the bomb.
A senior fire officer agreed that had crews entered earlier, they could have helped the injured and dying.
Twenty-two people died and hundreds more were injured when a bomb was detonated in the foyer of Manchester Arena following a concert on 22 May 2017.
