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The saga traces back to January 2024, when a DWP property manager spotted a tear in the reservoir’s floating cover after a series of rainstorms, according to internal emails reviewed by The Times.

The trust has declined to answer any further questions, which it said would be dealt with as part of the internal review.

On Monday, fire officials decided to staff all the available 200 and 400 Series engines, according to an internal planning document.

There is internal strife as members carry out a prolonged post-mortem over that result.

Fire officials made the critical decision to forgo calling in scores of extra firefighters and equipment in the hours before the fire, according to internal documents reviewed by The Times.