Emmerdale viewers shocked as Tracy Metcalfe SLAPS sister Vanessa after she insists dad Frank started the fire

EMMERDALE viewers were left shocked tonight as Tracy Metcalfe SLAPPED sister Vanessa after she insisted their dad Frank Clayton started the fire.

The siblings were left devastated last week after their father was killed in the factory fire just moments after saving Tracy’s life. 

His death lead to the police and the villagers questioning why he was in the factory considering he’d just been fired by Jai earlier in the day.

And tonight, Vanessa told her grieving sister they had to face the fact Frank could have been the culprit behind the fire.

She asked Tracy: “Why do you reckon dad was in there? What was so urgent that he had to get in then?

“Tracy, we have to consider that he did this.”

But Tracy was furious at the suggestion, insisting their dad was a hero not an arsonist.

She cried: “Of course he didn’t Vanessa, you can’t possibly think that?! He was our dad!”

As they stood in front of each other, Vanessa pointed out: “I don’t want to but he’d lost his job, he was angry and he was gunning for Jai, he was broken and he had form.

“I get that you need somebody else to blame like I did with you but it’s wrong.

“The only person to blame for dad’s death, was dad.”

In that moment, Tracy slapped Vanessa across the face before bursting into tears.

Despite the slap, Vanessa quickly consoled her sister, but viewers were left shocked by the highly charged scene.

Taking to Twitter, one wrote: “Aw Tracy (with a sad emoji)”

Another added: “Tracy is the only one who believes in Frank being innocent”

While a third tweeted: “Slaps and tear filled arguments. That’s pure soap. #Emmerdale”

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