House Fire Tragedy Bootle
4 outlets
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10 reporters
- Gethin HicksDaily Mail
- Jada BasDaily Mail
- Eleanor BarlowEvening Standard
- Mark Brown North of England correspondentThe Guardian
- James TozerDaily Mail
- Rachael LazaroBBC
- Rachel BraundBBC
- Mark DuellDaily Mail
- Charlie MoloneyThe Guardian
- Isabella MachinDaily Mail
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House Fire Tragedy Bootle. (2026, October 13). The Aporia. https://the-aporia.com/event/27129
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North West ambulance’s hazardous area response team later confirmed that all four had died.
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The loss we are experiencing is unimaginable, and the impact on our family will be felt forever.'
Elisha Brabin, 36, and her children, Leo, 16, Ellis, 8, and Prudence, 7, died after a blaze "spread rapidly" inside a house on Stone Square in Bootle in the early hours of Tuesday.
A fire which killed a mother and three children was caused by a lithium-ion battery, an investigation has found.
“It’s also important to know and recognise the signs that your lithium-ion battery may be failing – if it is swelling, making unusual sounds, has a strong smell, is failing to charge, or is smoking, please stop using immediately.”
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- 22 Sep
Another woman said: 'I heard shouting in the early hours but I just thought someone was having an argument, then I came downstairs and saw all the fire engines.'
- 23 Sep
Elisha Brabin, 36, and her children, Leo, 16, Ellis, 8, and Prudence, 7, died after a blaze "spread rapidly" inside a house on Stone Square in Bootle in the early hours of Tuesday.
- 28 Sep
A fire which killed a mother and three children was caused by a lithium-ion battery, an investigation has found.
- 29 Sep
“It’s also important to know and recognise the signs that your lithium-ion battery may be failing – if it is swelling, making unusual sounds, has a strong smell, is failing to charge, or is smoking, please stop using immediately.”
Coverage 11 articles
29 Sep Fatal house fire that killed mother and her three children was started by charging e-scooter battery
Daily Mail
29 Sep Battery which started fatal blaze was for e-scooter, fire service confirms
Evening Standard
28 Sep Merseyside blaze that killed mother and three children caused by lithium-ion battery
The Guardian
28 Sep Mother and her three children aged 16, eight and seven, died in house fire sparked by battery used in e-bikes and scooters
Daily Mail
28 Sep Fire which killed mother and three children caused by battery
Evening Standard
23 Sep Mother and three children killed in house fire were ‘loved beyond measure’
Evening Standard
23 Sep Family 'heartbroken' after mother and three children died in fire
BBC
23 Sep Pictured: Mother and her three school-age children who were killed in Bootle house fire - after hero father 'tried to save family by breaking windows'
Daily Mail
22 Sep Four people killed after ‘intense’ fire burns through house in Merseyside
The Guardian
22 Sep Four people dead in Bootle house fire
Evening Standard
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