A house fire in Bootle, Merseyside kills a mother and three of her children. Elisha Brabin, 36, and her three children die following the blaze at their home.
Fire officials attribute the start of the incident to a lithium-ion battery. Sources report that an electrical event triggers a battery malfunction that leads to thermal runaway, where the battery overheats and accelerates the fire. All outlets state the same cause and outcome, while differing slightly in phrasing about how the battery issue begins.
The Independent and BBC News both describe the lithium-ion battery as the cause, while Sky News also reports the conclusion reached by the fire service. The Daily Record adds more detail on the sequence, describing an initial electrical event that then results in thermal runaway.
