A fire breaks out at No.8 in Corrie
- Elliot Gonzalez
- Jan 28
- 3 min read
But who was responsible? And will lives be lost?

1-7 FEBRUARY
As David makes a call to Andy to arrange a time for their plan, Nick reminds him that it’s Sarah’s birthday party, unaware that Logan is listening in.
Sarah tells Nick she’s worried Harvey will get wind of all of the Platt’s in the one place and will be a sitting target.

Going ahead with his plan, David lies to Sarah that he’s at a client's house and won’t be attending her party.
Meanwhile, when Sam suggests Abi brings Alfie to Sarah’s party after his recent ordeal in the car, Abi's furious to realise it was Toyah who reported her.
After finding Harry in the bistro office watching Hope’s live stream of a seance from No.8 with Ruby, Lily and Sam, Toyah bursts in and orders the kids out.
Hearing about the livestream from Jack, Abi lets herself in to No.8 and rounds on Toyah for calling social services.
As Toyah accidentally knocks over a bottle of red wine, Abi is reminded of Seb covered in blood and suffers a panic attack. When Toyah reaches out to Abi, in her confused state, Abi smacks her.
Meanwhile, someone approaches No.8 and pushes a lit rag through the letterbox. After smelling burning, Sally announces the fire to the bistro.
Worried that Lily may be in the house, Shona, Max and Nick head in. As Nick finds Toyah unconscious on the floor, Shona and Max head upstairs.
Finding out Lily is safe, Shona finds David on the street and tells him that Max is trapped. As they head back up the path, suddenly No.8 explodes. Will Max survive?
As the fire engine and ambulance arrive, Kit explains to the paramedic that Toyah suffered smoke inhalation and also has a head wound.
When Leanne approaches to check on Toyah, Nick realises she’s drunk and sends her packing.
After one of the firefighters comes across Max’s lifeless body, they lift Max into the ambulance, as a distraught David climbs in with him.
When Shona quizzes David about the fire, he promises her he had nothing to do with it and he was with an old mate. Lauren joins Shona in the waiting room just as Kit arrives, confirming it was arson and David tells him that Logan is clearly responsible for the fire. Will David take the law into his own hands?
At the hospital, a distraught David tells Shona that it’s his fault and he wishes he’d never stolen the money.
Hoping for news of Toyah, Leanne joins Nick in the hospital waiting room and accuses her of starting the fire. But Leanne assures him she had nothing to do with it.
As Leanne looks for her purse in her coat pocket, she finds a box of matches. Did Leanne start the fire?
Meanwhile, having failed to find Abi, Debbie voices her suspicions to Kevin. But as Abi collects her things, she hears Kevin and Debbie entering and heads out the back.
Having taken a call from Wendy informing him that Abi collected Alfie an hour ago and seemed on edge, Kevin is left fearing for the worst.
Later, Kevin admits to Debbie that one of the jerry-cans is missing from the garage and after reviewing the CCTV footage, he spies a hooded figure searching for one.
And Abi finally confesses to Kevin how she’s been suffering hallucinations and sees Seb everywhere she looks.
In the Rovers, Jenny sets up a drop-off point for donations for the Platts.
Calling at the salon, looking for David, Andy exchanges a look with Todd as Sarah offers to pass on a message, and leaves. And Todd explains that Andy was an old prison mate of Paul who did time for insurance fraud and they met at Paul’s rave.
Finding David, Sarah and Nick angrily tell him about the visit from Andy, convinced he must have used him for his insurance scam expertise. Will David tell them the truth?
Under interview, David tells Kit that he was in Denton with Andy Garland at the time of the fire but when Kit reveals that Andy claims not to have seen him, David is placed under arrest.
Meanwhile, Steve rounds on Leanne for making out she was at Oliver’s grave when the fire broke out but Leanne admits that she can’t remember where she was because she was completely wasted.
She remembers seeing Toyah heading into No.8, but then it’s a blur until she woke up in Victoria Garden with a box of matches in her pocket.
When Steve advises Leanne to talk to the police, will she agree?
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