--- description: Locals residents in Manchester, England have stepped in to help after at least 19 people were killed and another 50 were injured in a blast title: Ariana Grande Concert: Manchester Residents Rally to Help image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e85a0fc14c8d7f9/6988ce692dce01b3319ed98c/gettyimages-686971212.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Manchester Residents Open Their Doors to Survivors Left Stranded By Concert Explosion by [Ryan Kilpatrick](/author/ryan-kilpatrick/) ## Ryan Kilpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 23, 2017 2:37 AM CUT  Members of the public are escorted from the Manchester Arena on May 23, 2017 in Manchester, England. Members of the public are escorted from the Manchester Arena on May 23, 2017 in Manchester, England.Dave Thompson—Getty Images by [Ryan Kilpatrick](/author/ryan-kilpatrick/) ## Ryan Kilpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 23, 2017 2:37 AM CUT Locals residents in Manchester, England have stepped in to help after at least 19 people were killed and another 59 were injured in a horrific [blast](http://time.com/4789743/ariana-grande-concert-manchester-arena-what-to-know-explosion/ "undefined") at a concert by U.S. pop star Ariana Grande. The blast is being treated as a terrorist attack and has reportedly left hundreds of attendees, many of them children and teenagers, stranded in the city center as train services ground to a halt. But people living near the Manchester Arena, where the explosion occurred just before 10:35 p.m. local time, have been using the hashtag [#roomformanchester ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/roomformanchester?src=hash "undefined")on social media to offer survivors a place to stay overnight. — Others nearby have also been offering rides to those struggling to get home. Taxi drivers also [reportedly](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/manchester-explosions-latest-acts-of-kindness-homes-give-up-stranded-a7750446.html "undefined") gave free lifts to concert-goers affected by the tragedy. A branch of the Holiday Inn hotel located near to the venue has taken in around 60 children separated from their parents and others in need of shelter. The attack took place after Grande’s performance as crowds were exiting the 21,000-capacity stadium just north of downtown Manchester. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4789770/ariana-grande-concert-manchester-roomformanchester/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4789770/ariana-grande-concert-manchester-roomformanchester/"},"headline":"Manchester Residents Open Their Doors to Survivors Left Stranded By Concert Explosion","datePublished":"2017-05-23T02:37:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:04:03.036Z","description":"Manchester police are treating the blast as a terrorist attack","url":"https://time.com/4789770/ariana-grande-concert-manchester-roomformanchester/","keywords":["United Kingdom","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e85a0fc14c8d7f9/6988ce692dce01b3319ed98c/gettyimages-686971212.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Kilpatrick","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-kilpatrick/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e85a0fc14c8d7f9/6988ce692dce01b3319ed98c/gettyimages-686971212.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Police Respond To An Incident At Manchester Arena","caption":"Police Respond To An Incident At Manchester Arena","creditText":"Dave Thompson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4789770/ariana-grande-concert-manchester-roomformanchester/","name":"Manchester Residents Open Their Doors to Survivors Left Stranded By Concert Explosion"}}]}] ```