The "Erinsborough High Fire" is a storyline from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours that ran on 20 and 21 October 2015, airing over episodes 7237 and 7238.

The storyline sees the fictional Erinsborough High School engulf in a deliberately-lit fire, which leads to a long arson mystery.

Sheila Canning (Colette Mann) overhears Toadie yelling for help, but leaves him to save herself, which results in her being "riddled with guilt".

Mann thought that Sheila's decision was a sensible one and she was glad to be involved in the storyline after being a minor figure in the Erinsborough tornado the previous year.

Woodburne described the day of filming as very busy and explained that it was easy for her to know "what Susan would be feeling", especially due to her real-life experience as a volunteer cook for firemen.

The storyline received positive attention from critics, who thought it was a step-up from the tornado plotline, although one outlet criticised it for its lack of realism.

Toadie Rebecchi (Ryan Moloney), Lauren Turner (Kate Kendall), Paige Smith (Olympia Valance), Tyler Brennan (Travis Burns) and Sheila Canning (Colette Mann) are enrolled as supervisors.

Piper Willis (Mavournee Hazel) and Ben Kirk (Felix Mallard) separate themselves from the sleep-out and explore the school.

Toadie, who is in a wheelchair from a previous accident, looks at old graffiti drawn by himself and Billy Kennedy (Jesse Spencer) when the fire alarms go off again.

Toadie brushes it off as another false alarm, but then spots flames ascending towards him and, after dropping his phone, he lifts himself out of his wheelchair to escape down the stairs, his only exit route.

Outside, Kyle Canning (Chris Milligan) searches for Sheila, and Sonya Rebecchi (Eve Morey) worries for her husband, Toadie, who no one has seen.

In the aftermath, Amber gives birth to her daughter safely, while Terese is treated for four-degree burns and expresses her anger towards Brad for saving Lauren instead of her.

Steph, Aaron Brennan (Matt Wilson), Jayden Warley (Khan Oxenham) and Sue Parker (Kate Gorman) are all accused of starting the fire, but Ben and Piper eventually confess to the police after making a failed attempt to run away.

It sees a number of Ramsay Street residents get caught in a fire at Erinsborough High during a "fundraising drive" sleepout to stop the closure of the school.

[3] Sonya is alerted of Toadie's location when Sheila Canning (Mann), a supervisor for the sleepout, tells her that she heard someone shouting out from down the corridor.

[3] Morey explained prior to the broadcast of the fire in the United Kingdom that she had yet to film scenes where Sheila gives an explanation for all the extra help she has been offering.

[1] Another plot that climaxes during the fire is the premature birth of Amber Turner's (Rosenow) congenital diaphragmatic herniac daughter, Matilda (Eloise Simbert).

Whilst speaking to Tenplay, Woodburne explained that Susan manages to stay calm during the "life or death situation" as she is "motivated" to bring Amber to safety.

[2] Susan and Amber are forced to decide whether to "fight or flight", with Woodburne saying, that "they both stay in the room and definitely die or they go through the flames and possibly have a chance."

[7] The culprit behind the fire is left unknown at the end of episode 7238 and when asked whether viewers would find out the identity of the arsonist immediately afterwards, Mann replied, "Oh no, of course not.

[1] Piper Willis (Hazel) and Ben Kirk (Mallard) reveal themselves as the arsonists a month later after feeling a "tremendous amount of guilt".

[2] Woodburne said the filming reminded her of when she volunteered as a cook for the firemen during the Black Saturday bushfires, which allowed her to understand how "catastrophic" fires can be.

"[15] A second trailer featuring Morey's character looking around worriedly also premiered with voiceovers playing in the background and a statement from Neighbours said "Will Sonya risk her life in the fire?

[22] The second episode held a 17.7% share of total viewership and marked the highest ratings the serial had received in two years, which was called "impressive" by Kilkelly.

Neighbours ramps up the drama in spectacular style next week as a fire is started at the local school, leaving a number of lives in jeopardy.

[25] Ben Fenlon from the HuffPost said that viewers needed to suspend belief to watch the storyline and questioned why it took the firefighters so long to arrive, wondered why Brad was allowed to keep going in and out of the building and criticised the "tiny row of flames" that Susan and Amber were stuck behind.