BREAKING NEWS Mother charged with murder following the death of her children in a horrific house fire
A mother has been charged with murder following the death of her children in a horrific house fire in Toowoomba.
Ellouisa Brighton Gibson, 36, has also been charged with three counts of attempted murder and one count of arson.
A nine-year-old boy died in the blaze - his body found after it was extinguished - while her two daughters, aged four and seven, were rescued but later died of their injuries.
The three deceased children had all been sleeping in the same bedroom.
Gibson's 34-year-old partner escaped with minor injuries along with two other children.
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