(BBC) The only paramedic on scene in the first 40 minutes after the Manchester Arena bombing has told an inquiry he was not prepared for such a “large-scale and awful incident.”
Patrick Ennis arrived at the arena ten minutes after the blast, which killed 22 people and injured hundreds more.
He told the Manchester Arena inquiry that “until I saw it … I hadn’t realised just the scale.”
Had he followed procedure, he would not have gone into the City Room, he said.
The inquiry heard the North West Ambulance Service paramedic had reported a “major incident standby” after being told by members of the public that a nail bomb had gone off, and had asked for four ambulances.
