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Manchester Arena bombing inquiry told first responders were on scene 'barely a minute' after blast

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They 'showed the very best of humanity' and acted 'selflessly and without apparent regard for the danger they themselves might be in', said counsel to the inquiry Paul Greaney QC.

One British Transport Police (BTP) officer, who raced to the scene of the blast in the City Room area, later said she could 'only describe it as a war zone there'. "There were a number of casualties on the floor, blood everywhere, and the whole place was smokey and, in my words, was carnage," she said in a statement read to the inquiry by Mr Greaney. "There were nuts and bolts scattered everywhere." The inquiry will examine the response of the emergency services and their preparedness for a terror attack like the Manchester bomb, among a host of other issues..

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