Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A senior fire service manager experienced in dealing with disasters all over the world was left 'incredibly angry' after his chief dismissed calls to send firefighters en masse to the Manchester Arena bombing, the public inquiry into the atrocity has heard.
Only 12 regular firefighters were sent to the scene two hours after the May 2017 explosion which claimed 22 lives and left hundreds more seriously hurt after suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated a huge device in his backpack as mainly young concert-goers were leaving an Ariana Grande gig.
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