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1st October 1975: What started out as a minor disagreement between Ken Barlow and three lads who stole magazines from the Kabin escalated when Kevin Marsh, hiding out in the Mark Brittain Warehouse after being thrown out by his angry father Douglas upon finding out that he trashed Ken's house, left a dropped cigarette in the warehouse storeroom, causing a fire which took hold a few hours later, by which time the workers had arrived for their shift. Skiving Edna Gee was killed instantly after opening the storeroom door for a discrete smoke. The other workers, unaware of Edna's fate, evacuated the warehouse, while supervisor Ken Barlow rescued Tricia Hopkins when she was trapped in a toilet. As the warehouse was full of flammable goods, the police evacuated the entire Street, but most of the residents declined their appointed refuge of Bessie Street School in favour of the New Old Inn, to discuss the event over a pint.
 * For more information see Episode 1535 (1st October 1975).