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It was last orders at the bar on Monday as iconic Emmerdale watering hole The Woolpack closed for business after being gutted by a catastrophic fire. 

The iconic TV pub will go up in flames over Christmas after experiencing financial difficulties during the coronavirus pandemic - but producers remain tight lipped over the fate of its current landlord, Marlon Dingle. 

New images from the Yorkshire set find The Woolpack in a sorry state, with every window boarded up and an unwelcoming skip, notably filled with charred refuse, parked next to its famous entrance. 

Blackened scorch marks are also visible upon the building's façade and around each of its four front windows, suggesting the bar and its upstairs living area have been devastated by the blaze.   

Nightmare: It was last orders at the bar on Monday as iconic Emmerdale watering hole The Woolpack closed for business after being gutted by a catastrophic fire

The cause of the fire is yet to be established, but with trained chef Marlon struggling to steer the pub through a serious financial crisis it's possible that arson could be a motive.

While the new storyline currently offers more questions than answers it's not the first time a fire has devastated The Woolpack during Emmerdale's eventful 49-year run. 

Loyal fans will remember the pub going up in smoke as far back as 1998, after the late Alan Turner’s granddaughter Tricia Stokes turned up in the village unannounced and quickly found a job behind the bar. 

Gutted: The iconic TV pub will go up in flames over Christmas after experiencing financial difficulties during the coronavirus pandemic

Catastrophe: New images from the Yorkshire set find The Woolpack in a sorry state, with every window boarded up and an unwelcoming skip, notably filled with charred refuse, parked next to its famous entrance

Hard at work: Crew members were seen idling on the street outside the pub as they filmed scenes to be aired over Christmas

Murder, mystery, plenty of misery... and THAT plane crash! Emmerdale's long list of Christmas catastrophes  

1993 - Fire ripped through the village after a passenger plane flying over Britain from Eastern Europe en route to Canada exploded over the Yorkshire dales. All 250 passengers lost their lives, as well as nine villagers, while show favourite Chris Tate would be confined to a wheelchair

1996 - Scheming Kim Tate's partner Dave Glover died on Christmas Day after saving James Tate from - you guessed it - a devastating fire 

1998 - Viv Windsor's husband Vic lost his life during a violent Christmas Day raid at the local Post Office. Andy Sugden's father Billy Hopwood was responsible for his murder 

Old times: In 1993 fire ripped through the village after a passenger plane flying over Britain from Eastern Europe en route to Canada exploded over the Yorkshire dales

2002 - Ray Mullan was murdered in a brutal Christmas Day confrontation after being rumbled as Louise Appleton's stalker the culmination of a gripping storyline 

2004 - The Woolpack was at the heart of the festive action when lightening struck during a freak New Year's Eve storm, causing the roof to collapse on Tricia Dingle in one of the show's most significant Christmas episodes 

2006 - So much for festive cheer... Tom King was battered to death before being pushed through a window in one of the biggest whodunnit's in the soap's history. The culprit was later exposed as his own son, Carl  

2012 - Alex Moss suffered a grisly fate at the hands of serial killer Cameron Murray, who strangled him to death on Christmas Eve

Going down: All 250 passengers lost their lives, as well as nine villagers, when the plane went down in a pivotal Christmas storyline 

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Worry: Producers remain tight lipped over the fate of its current landlord, Marlon Dingle, after he struggled to steer the pub through a serious financial crisis

With level-headed long-term landlord Alan on holiday, disaster loomed as hapless Tricia accidentally set fireworks off inside the pub while Terry Woods was professing his love for her. 

Despite their best efforts, Tricia and Terry were powerless to prevent the ignited fireworks causing massive damage to the pub interior, which was ultimately renovated by wealthy Alan upon his return. 

In 2004 the pub was partially damaged by lightening during a New Year's Eve storm, resulting in Tricia Dingle's untimely death after the roof collapsed on top of her.  

Ominous: The cause of the fire is yet to be established, but with trained chef Marlon struggling financially, it's possible that arson could be a motive

Emmerdale broke new ground in 1993 when it staged a disastrous Christmas plane crash that would kill nine characters, injure many others and leave the village in a state of devastation.  

Fire ripped through the village after a plane flying over Britain from Eastern Europe en route to Canada exploded over the Yorkshire dales, killing all 250 passengers. 

The scene - impressive for its time - proved to be one of the most memorable in soap history and would lead top the show's fictional village of Beckindale being renamed Emmerdale in honour of local residents the Sugden's, whose Emmerdale farm was destroyed during the catastrophe. 

Stalwart: The Woolpack, pictured here from the rear, has seen its fair share of catastrophes over the years