(BBC) A police chief did not tell the fire service the Manchester Arena bomb scene was “safe enough” for emergency responders to be there, an inquiry has heard.
Firefighters only arrived at the arena more than two hours after the explosion on 22 May 2017.
Supt Arif Nawaz was the Greater Manchester Police silver commander for more than an hour after the bombing.
He said he did not contact Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.
Twenty-two people were killed and hundreds more injured after a homemade device exploded at the end of an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena.
