7/7 firefighters were ‘hostile’

Seven victims were killed by a suicide bomber at Aldgate in 2005

Firefighters at the Aldgate terrorist bombing were “hostile” and “quite upset”, the 7/7 inquests have heard.

Paramedic Anthony Cumner was in the first ambulance to arrive at the Tube station after the 7 July 2005 attack.

He told the hearings that firefighters “did not understand the role” of the initial ambulance which was to report the situation back to the control room.

The inquests are into the deaths of 52 people who were killed by suicide bombers on three Tube trains and a bus.

Mr Cumner said the firefighters were “demanding” that he take some of the injured patients to hospital.

He told the hearings that he tried to explain that this was not his role, and that the firefighters were “not helpful.”

Shehzad Tanweer, one of the four bombers who carried out the London attacks, blew himself up at Aldgate station, killing seven people.

The inquests have heard that a group of firefighters refused to enter a tunnel at Aldgate because of health and safety concerns.

Police Inspector Robert Munn said there was a delay as they tried to confirm the electricity had been switched off.

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