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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Charlie Moloney

Merseyside blaze that killed mother and three children caused by lithium-ion battery

Closeup floral tributes against a wall with police car in background
Tributes near the scene in Bootle, Sefton, where Elisha Brabin, 36 and her three children, Leo, 16, Ellis, eight, and Prudence, seven, were killed in a house fire. Photograph: Eleanor Barlow/PA

A fire that left a mother and her three children dead was caused by a lithium-ion battery, firefighters in Merseyside have said.

An electrical event caused the battery, of a type commonly used in vapes, ebikes and e-scooters, to go into “thermal runaway”, Merseyside fire and rescue service said.

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