 After the first three soldiers entered , a fire started and travelled up the curtains and out of the second @-@ floor window , severely burning the staff sergeant . A second wave of <unk> cut him free , and he fell to the balcony below before entering the embassy behind the rest of his team . Slightly behind Red Team , Blue Team detonated explosives on a first @-@ floor window — forcing Sim Harris , who had just run into the room , to take cover . Much of the operation at the front of the embassy took place in full view of the assembled journalists and was broadcast on live television , thus Harris 's escape across the parapet of a first @-@ floor balcony was famously captured on video . As the soldiers emerged onto the first @-@ floor landing , Lock tackled Oan to prevent him attacking the SAS men . Oan , still armed , was subsequently shot dead by one of the soldiers . Meanwhile , further teams entered the embassy through the back door and cleared the ground floor and cellar . The SAS then began evacuating hostages , manhandling them down the stairs towards the back door of the embassy . Two of the terrorists were hiding amongst the hostages — one of them produced a hand grenade when he was identified . An SAS soldier , who was unable to shoot for fear of hitting a hostage or another soldier , pushed the grenade @-@ wielding terrorist to the bottom of the stairs , where two other soldiers shot him dead . 
