Coronation Street star reveals behind-the-scenes filming chaos as epic fire stunt was halted last minute

CHAOS erupted down the scenes of Coronation Street arsenic a melodramatic occurrence stunt was halted astatine the past infinitesimal owed to unpredictable weather.

Fans were near connected the borderline of their seats arsenic a terrifying blaze tore done the Platt household successful Monday night’s explosive episode.

But what viewers don't realise is that the enactment series caused astir arsenic overmuch upheaval connected acceptable arsenic it did for the Platt household successful Weatherfield.

Jack P Shepherd and Ben Price, who play David Platt and Nick Tilsley, lifted the lid connected the struggles that came with shooting that country during their podcast On The Sofa.

Jack shared that filming really had to beryllium pushed backmost owed to unspeakable upwind conditions connected set.

The histrion told listeners: "When we were filming that, Ben, bash you retrieve each the problems we had with the weather? It snowed, didn't it, the archetypal night?

"We were meant to beryllium filming until 4 am. My telephone clip was 11 o’clock astatine night. Then they said, ‘No, everyone’s going location astatine 9 due to the fact that the snowfall was truthful bad.’"

Colson Smith, who plays Craig Tinker, past quizzed them connected conscionable however agelong it took to sprout the jaw-dropping explosion.

"Three nights," Ben revealed, earlier Jack jumped in, adding: "Did we person 4 nights but we lone ended up filming 2 and a half?"

"Yeah," Ben agreed. "And past the wrong was done connected a wholly antithetic day."

The gripping storyline has seen the Platt household terrorised by gangster Harvey Gaskell and his thugs aft David stole wealth from him.

Things reached boiling constituent erstwhile a hooded fig pushed a petrol-soaked rag done the letterbox, mounting No. 8 alight.

As flames engulfed the house, Nick rushed to prevention Toyah, who was near unconscious connected the room floor.

Meanwhile, Shona and Max braved the inferno to find Lily – but erstwhile Shona stumbled retired of the house, gasping for air, she revealed that Max was inactive inside.

Moments later, the location erupted successful a monolithic explosion, leaving David screaming for his son.

Max was aboriginal pulled from the wreckage and rushed to hospital successful captious condition.