Family 'heartbroken' after mother and three children died in fire

Image source, Merseyside Police Image caption, Elisha Brabin (pictured with Prudence), Ellis, Prudence and Leo died on Tuesday

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 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, aunty, niece and cousin," they said.