00:00Fire investigators say a lithium-ion battery caused the bootle blaze that killed a mother and her three children.
00:07Alicia Brabrin, 36, died alongside Leo, 16, Ellis, 8 and 7-year-old Prudence.
00:14The fire spread rapidly at their Stone Square home in the early hours of the 22nd of September.
00:21Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service says six fire engines attended and a man was taken to hospital with burns.
00:27It says 150 lithium-ion battery fires were recorded on Merseyside between April 2023 and August 2026, with five deaths
00:38linked to them.
00:39Fire chiefs urge people to use supplied chargers and stop using failed batteries.
