I read the CC contacted the pilots re evac and were told wait
as the pilots were talking to ATC. A few minutes later one of
the CC contacted the Pilots to say they had fire on ?? side
and were then told to evacuate.
Have seen it in 2 reports but can't vouch for the accuracy.
It was in the briefing today. She stated that evac didn't begin until 90 secs after the plane stopped because the pilots said wait.
Other bit from todays breifing that I found surprising was that some of the slides deployed inside the cabin upon the second impact, when the aircraft 'finished' it's pirouette. I think it was discussed here that we figured it happened when they attempted to open doors that wouldn't open all the way, thus inside deployment.