George teams up with Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) to help make an escape route, whilst newlyweds Billy and Honey Mitchell (Perry Fenwick and Emma Barton) cradle each other inside.
Jean and Freddie Slater (Gillian Wright and Bobby Brazier) are in a state of panic, collapsed on the floor with rubble surrounding them, and Alfie Moon (Shane Richie) makes an attempt to keep everyone calm.
Suki Panesar-Unwin (Balvinder Sopal) comforts teens Nugget, Avani and Denzel (Juhaim Rasul Choudhury, Aaliyah James and Jaden Ladega), with Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) adamant to keep them safe.
It’s the soapland stunt we’ve all been waiting for, as The Queen Vic pub was reduced to rubble in last night’s EastEnders.
Elsewhere, crazed murderer Reiss Colwell (Jonny Freeman) was trying to escape Walford after coming face to face with Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer).
