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18th June 1986: While landlady Bet Lynch sleeps in the Rovers Return Inn, a fire starts in the cellar, a result of Jack Duckworth replacing the fuse wire incorrectly. Kevin Webster and Sally Seddon are the first to notice the smoke coming from the pub 5.30am as they return to Coronation Street from a night out. They try calling to Bet to wake her up but she doesn't, however the other street residents do. While Ken Barlow phones the fire brigade, Kevin and Percy Sugden mount a rescue of Bet using a ladder to reach the second floor. A fire engine arrives just as Kevin gets inside, and they take over the operation. Bet is taken to hospital but is unharmed. With the pub gutted, brewery Newton & Ridley decides to pull it down, however they soon change their minds and renovate it instead. The Rovers is re-opened on the 13th August.
 * For more information see Episode 2631 (18th June 1986).