Stay safe there; anyone local?

Apparently Manchester Victoria station is blocked too

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-40007886

Hoping it’s just crowd panic from a malfunctioning show pyrotechnic. Stampede injuries and no deliberate intention to harm.

fake pics circulating on twitter of injured people
&
trump fans tweeting #prayformanchester 🙄

Looks like they are right next to each other

Map

Manchester Evening News website has a couple of tweets suggesting it was a gas filled balloon inside the arena that had burst?

Number of confirmed fatalities according to the police. RIP.

https://mobile.twitter.com/gmpolice/status/866786909544230912?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Ah, ****. Police confirming ‘a number of fatalities’

FFS.

Yes, police confirming fatalities. Surrounding area closed off too including rail network.

Stay safe folks- Taking my kids to KISS next week 😯

mass panic by the looks of it.

Ffs it’s a gig that’s mainly attended by teenage kids. Not that it matters but it’s just so **** up to attack something like that!

Reports only say that there was a loud bang or explosion, then people ran for the exits, seems likely most injuries and fatalities are due to panic, there doesn’t seem to be any explanation for the bang, or any signs of injuries as a direct result.
Horrible situation to be in, terrible for the families of those caught up in it.
😐

Some reports suggest an explosion at an exit.

“For all updates on the incident at Manchester Arena please follow @gmpolice on Twitter”

Just heard that my sister in law and her daughter are there. They’re full of cuts but have got back to the car ok thank goodness. 😯

Popped up on a friend’s Facebook before the media picked up in it. He couldn’t find his partner and reverted to social media in case friends had seen her. They’re safe but sadly not sounding good for others.

The MEN, ironically, has it’s finger on the pulse here. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-arena-explosion-evacuated-ariana-13075807

Lost kids are being taken to the Holiday Inn across the way. Check there if you’re missing someone.

I’m a Piccadilly train driver, been helping people from Victoria get taxis home here.
Lots of shock up people, and most of the concert goers seem to be young girls which is sickening.
Armed machine gunned police all over Piccadilly.

Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a bomb. I wouldn’t think that people tend to be perfectly clothed but bleeding profusely if they been trampled on – shrapnel tends to do that though.

The booms of the two explosions sound eerily similar to the French stadium ones as well. Stay safe lads, I know there are lots of Mancs on here and Northerners in the emergency services.

All the people I spoke to said it was a bomb and others thought it was gun shots but a bomb seems most likely from the state of people.

Claims of a nail bomb

Jesus

Not good at all. Thoughts with all involved. Too close to home this one.

Claims of a nail bomb

From whom, exactly?

Manchester Arena ‘explosions’: Two loud bangs heard at MEN Arena from worldnews

Some people claiming that bag checks weren’t done.

Armed man outside Oldham hospital now apparantly? Hope that’s not true

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=456413698028735&id=100009803251519

…..yeah – somehow doubt it was a stampede Cougar.

From whom, exactly?

Nhs workers apparently.

Some people claiming that bag checks weren’t done.

Lots of people claiming lots of things, all conjecture as far as I can tell.

If it is a bomb, I very much doubt it would have been sneaked in in a handbag, when you can walk straight in off the street at the end of an event.

Whilst not wishing to express an opinion either way, I wouldn’t rush to Facebook as a source of information.

Nhs workers apparently.

Source please?

Shit loads of speculation but virtually all of it pointing towards bombs and more than a couple of fatalities. Very very sad that people will do this to mainly innocent young kids.

I’m hearing up to 16 dead and 40+ injured.

Lbc radio

Witness on BBC saying he was thrown 30 foot by an explosion.

…..yeah – somehow doubt it was a stampede Cougar.

No-one knows much at this point. I don’t doubt that your Facebook poster there got caught up in it, and that that must’ve been horrific and terrifying, but it clarifies nothing as to what actually happened.

I get your point Cougar, but you don’t get thrown 30 foot by a stampede or a helium balloon.