David’s up to no good, Abi’s on the attack and there’s a secret arsonist on the cobbles that leaves Max and Toyah gravely injured next week on Coronation Street.

Read on for all the chaos set too rock Weatherfield in the coming episodes.

1. David’s risky business 

David plots with his old prison friend Andy

Desperate for cash, David is plotting with his old prison pal Andy. 

Sarah is organising a birthday party, but David lies that he’s got to see a client and heads off on his dodgy business instead.

2. Abi on the attack

Abi confronts Toyah about the Platts’ house 

Abi is shocked to work out that it was Toyah who reported her to social services for leaving Alfie alone in her car. 

Finding Toyah at the empty Platt house, Abi confronts her, but disaster strikes when Toyah knocks over a bottle of wine and Abi is reminded of Seb covered in blood.

Abi starts to panic and Toyah tries to help her, but a confused Abi lashes out and strikes her.

3. Fire! Fire!

Number 8 goes up in flames 

When a figure approaches the Platts house No.8 and pushes a lighted rag through the letterbox, fire soon takes hold. 

Sally smells the burning, and alerts the Platts at the Bistro who are horrified at the sight of their house in flames.

4. Nick to the rescue

Nick finds Toyah unconscious while the fire it still going 

Worried that Lily may be inside, Max, Shona and Nick head into the inferno. 

Fighting the flames, Nick finds Toyah unconscious on the floor and tries to get her to safety. 

Meanwhile, Shona and Max check upstairs.

5. Explosive drama for Shona and David

There is a huge explosion on the street 

Out on the Street, Shona is relieved to discover that Lily is safe but worries that Max is trapped in the burning building. 

As David arrives, Shona tells him Max is still inside and the pair rush towards the house, only for an explosion to blow them off their feet.

6. Boozed-up Leanne looks on

A boozy Leanne is shocked when she realises that there has been a fire

Having spent the afternoon boozing, a drunk Leanne arrives on the scene. 

Worried when she realises that Toyah is involved, Leanne tries to check on her sister, but Nick sends her packing after realising that Leanne is drunk.

7. David’s fears for Max

David is left worrying when he realises that Max could be in the house 

As the emergency services arrive, they attend to Toyah, who has suffered smoke inhalation and has a head wound. 

The firefighters find Max unresponsive in the house. 

As Max is carried out, David can only look on in horror.

Max is lifted into an ambulance and David climbs in with him, terrified for his son’s life.

8. David’s guilt overwhelms him

David has to tell Shona that he had nothing to do with the fire 

At the hospital, a suspicious Shona quizzes David about the fire, but he promises that he had nothing to do with it. 

Kit arrives and confirms that the fire was arson, and David is quick to tell him that Logan Radcliffe is clearly the culprit. 

Later, David breaks down and tells Shona that this is all his fault as he stole Harvey’s money.

9. A missing person’s alert

Debbie and Kevin start to worry when they realise that they don’t know where Abi is 

Debbie and Kevin worry when they can’t locate Abi. 

Meanwhile, Abi collects some things from the house then slips out of the back as Kev and Debbie return.

Kev is later concerned to learn that Abi seemed on edge when she collected Alfie earlier. 

Where has she gone?

10. Leanne’s discovery sparks a clue

Leanne starts to worry about Toyah

Leanne arrives at the hospital hoping for news on Toyah. 

Nick accuses her of starting the fire, but Leanne ᴀssures him that she had nothing to do with it. 

However, as Leanne looks for her purse in her coat pocket, she pulls out a box of matches.

Is Leanne responsible for the fire?

11. David caught out

Sarah and Nick confront David about meeting up with his old pal

Andy arrives in the Street looking for David, and Sarah soon learns that the ex-con was in prison for insurance fraud. 

Sarah and Nick confront David, accusing him of using Andy’s knowledge of insurance scams and setting the fire himself. 

Will David admit the truth?

12. Rob’s medical drama

Carla goes to visit Rob in prison

Carla visits Rob in prison to tell him that he is set to be tested. 

If he’s a match, they can get the transplant underway. 

However, Rob is annoyed to discover that he’ll be tested in prison, having ᴀssumed he would have to go to hospital. 

Has this news scuppered his plans?

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