Emmerdale's residents should brace themselves for big trouble, as another shock explosion looks set to rock the village.
Show scriptwriter Sharon Marshall shared the juicy gossip as part of her regular slot on ITV's This Morning today (May 17), revealing that the top secret scenes are currently being filmed.
Marshall, who has been working at Emmerdale since last year, explained that a replica of an existing set was built in secret - just so it could be blown up in the unmissable storyline.
Could it be as spectacular as the 2013 blaze at Home Farm (pictured below)?
Fire crews try to put out the Home Farm fire.© ITV
Marshall told This Morning hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby: "Emmerdale actually found an unused tank factory from the Cold War, replicated the set, built it up, just so they could blow it up.
"I can say that one of the villagers puts other people in danger. But they literally built an exact replica so they can build it up without anyone seeing it."
Marshall confirmed that the story hasn't been dreamt up just to pull in some last minute British Soap Awards votes, as the scenes won't air until after the ceremony.
When Schofield joked about the suspicious Soap Awards timing, Marshall laughed: "No, it'll be after that. Darling, we go all year round at Emmerdale!"
Emmerdale's new producer Iain MacLeod had previously teased that a big stunt would rock the village in June.
Speaking back in March, he revealed: "There's a big set piece, stunty sequence in June which will involve Priya, Rakesh, Lawrence and Nicola.
"That will be going on screen towards the end of June. That will be brilliant, spectacular and with high stakes."
Digital Spy
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