Image source, Merseyside PoliceByRachael Lazaro and Rachel Braund, North WestPublished23 September 2026, 18:29 BSTUpdated 8 minutes agoThe 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 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: "Our whole family is devastated by the loss of Elisha, Leo, Ellis and Prudence.
"Elisha was our beloved daughter, wife, mother, sister, aunty, niece and cousin.
"She was a devoted and loving mother who lived for her children. They were her whole world, and she meant everything to us."
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