Fire crews took two hours to attend scene of Manchester Arena attack, report says

The fire service was "outside of the loop" of the police and ambulance emergency response to the Manchester Arena attack leading to a two-hour delay, a major UK report said today.

Firefighters, some who heard the bomb go off, and trained in first-aid and terror scenarios with specialist equipment, did not get permission to go to the scene until hours after the suicide bombing, despite the nearest station being half a mile away.