on 30 march 2009, peter barlow (chris gascoyne) accidentally drops a lit cigarette while drunk and falls asleep as his flat began to catch fire, deirdre barlow (anne kirkbride) receives a call from peter's six-year-old son simon (alex bain) telling her that the flat is on fire. she runs out of the house and tells luke and tony as they rush into the house and call an ambulance. luke gets simon out while saying he should get simon's pet rabbit out but tony keeps repeating that he should leave it. in the end tony gets peter out, while luke goes back in to rescue the rabbit.