Events in Emmerdale

Major Events

 * Episode 393 (4th October 1977) - A fire breaks out in Parker's Field and the Beckindale Volunteer Fire Service in manfully fighting the blaze. During the fire fighting, one of the members of the team is burned.
 * Episode 434 (16th March 1978) - An explosion at a mine traps Clive Hinton and his two friends Ian Hepton and Rod Blake. Clive and Rod are found unconscious and Ian escapes with cuts and bruises.
 * Episode 446 (4th May 1978) - Steve Hawker and Pip Coulter commit armed robbery at The Woolpack and leave Amos Brearly and Henry Wilks locked in the cellar. The two teenagers then head for Emmerdale Farm where they hold Sam Pearson at gunpoint. To avoid further threats, Annie Sugden provides the two with a getaway car.
 * Episode 642 (19th February 1981) - Bible-bashing farmer Enoch Tolly is killed in a tractor accident.
 * Episode 947 (16th April 1985) - Jackie Merrick is knocked off his motorbike by Alan Turner's land rover and spends 5 months in hospital with broken bones.
 * Episode 1078 (26th August 1986) – Pat Sugden died when she crashed her car down a hill after swerving to avoid a flock of sheep.
 * Episode 1249 (18th May 1988) – Phil Pearce carelessly leaves discarded rags at Crossgill Farm, which catch fire. The house explodes as Annie Sugden is trapped inside.
 * Episode 1366 (6th July 1989) - Crooked quarryman Dennis Rigg is crushed to death by Joe Sugden's prize bull whilst threatening the Sugdens with eviction.
 * Episode 1377 (16th August 1989) - Jackie Merrick accidentally shoots himself whilst out hunting a fox for a £10 bet.
 * Episode 1480 (16th August 1990) - Kate Sugden accidentally knocks down and kills Pete Whiteley whilst driving home from Hotten.
 * Episode 1829 (30th December 1993)-Episode 1831 (5th January 1994) – A Plane crashes in Emmerdale, leaving most of the village in ruins and killing Archie Brooks, Elizabeth Pollard, Mark Hughes and Leonard Kempinski.
 * Episode 1875 (7th June 1994) – Shirley Turner is shot dead in the aftermath of the Home Farm raid by Reg Dawson, the ex-husband of Viv Windsor. Reg is later shot dead by a police marksman
 * Episode 1995 (1st August 1995) – Luke McAllister died after his car crashed into a tree and exploded into flames.
 * Episode 2145 (26th December 1996) – Dave Glover died in a fire at Home Farm after attending the wedding of Biff Fowler to his sister Linda Glover.
 * Episode 2270 (16th October 1997) – At the engagement party of Steve Marchant and Kim Tate, Lord Alex Oakwell took Linda Fowler for a late-night drive and crashed while trying to snort cocaine. He removed Linda from the passenger seat as she was starting to wake up and moved her to the drivers seat and fled the scene of the accident, leaving Linda to die.
 * Episode 2521 (11th May 1999) – Graham Clark threw Rachel Hughes off a cliff, killing her.
 * Episode 2667 (20th March 2000)-Episode 2671 (24th March 2000) – A van and minibus collide in the village. Van driver Pete Collins dies at the scene; minibus passenger Butch Dingle dies in hospital from his injuries the next day.
 * Episode 2789 (16th November 2000) – Long-serving character Sarah Sugden died in a barn fire that was started deliberately by her adopted son Andy. Sarah's lover Richie Carter was also trapped in the barn but was rescued by Sarah's husband Jack.
 * Episode 3000 (10th September 2001) – Jean Strickland, the local school headmistress was struck and killed by a stolen car driven by student Marc Reynolds on his way home from a night out with friends.
 * Episode 3622 (31st December 2003)/Episode 3623/3624 (1st January 2004) – A large storm hit Emmerdale, leaving parts of the village in ruins with collapsed power lines and trees. The Woolpack was damaged by its chimney collapsing through the roof into the bar area and also out the front, crushing Tricia Dingle and resulting in her dying in hospital a few days later; Ashley Thomas and Louise Appleton became stuck on the road as a result of the terrible weather. The disaster took place on the 10th anniversary of the plane crash.
 * Episode 4159/4160 (22nd September 2005) - Zoe Tate blew up Home Farm after being conned out of the house by the King family, before leaving the village.
 * Episode 4167 (2nd October 2005) – Max King died instantly when the Land Rover he was in went off the road and through a brick wall and exploded, although driver Robert Sugden escaped the car unharmed and gave a false story about the accident to avoid being arrested; and the police believed his version of events, as there were no witnesses to contradict his story.
 * Episode 4409/4410 (13th July 2006) – Kings River showhome collapsed after several explosions caused by a gas leak. The accident claimed three lives: Noreen Bell and estate agent David Brown were killed in the explosion and Dawn Woods later died in hospital from internal injuries.
 * Episode 4553/4554 (25th December 2006) – Tom King was murdered on Christmas Day when his son Carl hit him over the head with a horse statue and pushed him out of a window.
 * Episode 4791/4792 (27th September 2007) – DCI Grace Barraclough was killed instantly when she was run over by a lorry while on the way to the police station to report Carl for killing his father, Tom King.
 * Episode 4806/4807 (16th October 2007) – Victoria Sugden threatened her father Jack and adoptive brother Andy in their home that if they didn't confess to who killed her mum Sarah then she would set alight the family home with them all trapped inside. After they calmed her down, the fuel ignited accidentally when the boiler started up and set the house on fire. The house was gutted but the family survived.
 * Episode 5169/5170 (16th December 2008) – Matthew King was killed after he crashed a van into a wall after trying to run over his brother Carl. The brothers had been brawling viciously inside Home Farm previous to this, as Carl had ruined Matthew's wedding to Anna De Souza earlier that day.
 * Episode 5716 (23rd September 2010)/Episode 5717 (23rd September 2010) – Aaron Livesy's dog Clyde was attacked by thug Mickey Hall's dog and was later euthanised by Paddy because of the injuries Mickey's dog caused.
 * Episode 5727/5728 (6th October 2010) – Aaron Livesy and Jackson Walsh have a night out together along with Paddy Kirk and Marlon Dingle, the night concludes with Jackson crashing his van onto a railway line and being hit by a goods train, leaving him paralysed from the neck down.
 * Episode 5817 (13th January 2011) – Fire started by Nick Henshall rips through the village killing Terry Woods and Viv Hope.
 * Episode 6685 (15th October 2013)-Episode 6689 (17th October 2013) - Cameron Murray holds the villagers hostage in The Woolpack, and is later electrocuted to death after trying to drown himself and Debbie Dingle.
 * Episode 7252/7253 (4th August 2015)-Episode 7256 (6th August 2015) - A helicopter crashes into the Emmerdale Village Institute where Pete Barton and Debbie Dingle's wedding is taking place, after a fire at the Holey Scrap scrapyard caused the helicopter to be struck by gas canisters.
 * Episode 7646 (20th October 2016)/Episode 7647 (20th October 2016) - A pile-up on the Hotten Bypass is caused by Emma Barton accidentally pushing husband James off a bridge during an argument.
 * Episode 7951 (2nd October 2017)-Episode 7955 (6th October 2017) - Emma Barton and Moira Dingle unintentionally cause a barn fire. Moira goes into labour and Emma saves Moira before the barn explodes. Emma later unintentionally kills her son Finn Barton and is pushed off the Hotten Viaduct by an unknown assailant, later revealed to be Moira.
 * Episode 8041 (11th January 2018) - Chrissie and Lawrence White are killed and Rebecca White is left brain damaged following a car collision with a lorry caused by Lachlan White.