(BBC) Fire crews should have got to the Manchester Arena bombing in about four minutes instead of more than two hours, an inquiry has heard.
Peter O’Reilly, the region’s chief fire officer on the night, blamed communication failures for the delay.
He said he realised he had failed personally when he saw on television ambulances arriving at midnight.
Twenty-two people were killed in the suicide bombing on 22 May 2017 at the end of an Ariana Grande concert.
Hundreds more were injured when Salman Abedi, 22, detonated a home-made device in the arena’s City Room foyer at 22:31 BST.
