Family ‘heartbroken’ after mother and three children died in fire
The family of a mother and three children who died in a house fire have said they are experiencing an "unimaginable" loss. Elisha Brabin, 36, and her children, Leo, 16, Ellis, 8, and Prudence, 7, died after a b...
The family of a mother and three children who died in a house fire have said they are experiencing an "unimaginable" loss.
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, Merseyside, in the early hours of Tuesday.
Paying tribute, their relatives said they had been left "heartbroken" and the loss would be "felt forever".
The statement added that "Elisha was a devoted and loving mother" and "our beautiful babies, Leo, Ellis and Prudence, were loved beyond measure".
The family said they were "devastated by the loss of Elisha, Leo, Ellis and Prudence".
"Elisha was our beloved daughter, wife, mother, sister, auntie, niece and cousin," they said.
"She was a devoted and loving mother who lived for her children. They were her whole world, and she meant everything to us."
Earlier, neighbours and friends were also paying their respects.
Rachel, who grew up near the mother, told the BBC: "She made her children happy, she did everything for her children." She added: "They were loved. It's just really, really sad."
After leaving flowers close to a police cordon around Stone Square, she said: "Even if I didn't know her, I'd still be here paying my respects because the young children have lost their lives and so has the mother.
"It's ripped the whole family apart."
Loti Nambombe, who is taking care of the family's dog after the fire, said: "It's a community. It's broken. It hurts."
Speaking to BBC Radio Merseyside, Liverpool metro mayor Steve Rotheram said: "There is that bond in most of those communities that we're talking about, certainly in Bootle and places like that - a very, very strong identity.
"I'm certain that whatever they can do as a community to help those who have been left behind, they will."
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