Fire engulfs the school

Fire engulfs the school
Fire engulfs the school (Image credit: five)

Belle and Leah are trapped in the school hall, after Kane crashed his car into the building. As the flames spread throughout the rest of the hall, people are desperately trying to break open the front doors that a paranoid Melody locked from outside before the crash. Aden and Miles eventually manage to free Belle and Leah, but an explosion leaves Belle with burns on her back. Annie, unconsciousness and trapped in the car with Kane and Jai, comes round and drags Jai out. Charlie heroically rescues Kane just before the car explodes. Martha is panicking about what's happened to Jack, and heads into the fire, searching for him. The roof collapses. Angelo arrives, wracked with guilt over shooting Jack, and dives into the hall to save Martha. Is he trying to ease his conscience? Meanwhile, a badly injured Kane is rushed to hospital, where he's treated for internal bleeding. When Kirsty learns he might not make it, she's devastated. With Kirsty so distraught, Miles fears for their future together. Tony tries to pacify Martha by looking for Jack. He finds his car, and then sees a figure on the ground in the distance. As he approaches, he's horrified to realise that it's Jack, and he's dead. *Showing on RTE One, Tuesday February 3* Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, Soap Scoop Get all the latest soap gossip delivered straight to your door. Subscribe to Soaplife magazine today

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.