First Pictures of the EastEnders Pub Fire

WARNING: Spoilers may be included.  The text will be at the bottom of this piece, for those who just want to see these explosive pictures.

Thanks to the online media website Digital Spy, these are the first dramatic pictures to be released of the inferno that is going to engulf the Queen Vic pub in EastEnders.  It will start after another confrontation between Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) and Peggy Mitchell (Barbara Windsor).  As Phil starts the fire and it spreads rapidly through the pub, some of the regulars including Max Branning (Jake Wood), Vanessa (Zoe Lucker), Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) and Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) will face a struggle to escape the burning building.  And of course, what will happen to Peggy and Phil?

This unmissable episode of EastEnders is on Thursday 9th September at 7.30pm on BBC One!