Megan Kinsey was a mother whose house on Thornton Street was gutted in a fire in June 2013. Paul Kershaw was on the call and saved her son, Paddy's, life. Paul’s girlfriend Eileen Grimshaw was having great difficulties reconciling herself to accepting his dangerous job and was worried sick every time he was out on a call, even going so far as to accept a prescription of sleeping pills to help her get through the night. Paul tried to diminish the dangers and lied to Eileen that he wasn’t on the call for Thornton Street but the next day Weatherfield Gazette journalist Will Reade called round at 11 Coronation Street with Megan and Paddy to reunite them with Paul for the paper.