A mother has been charged with murder following the death of her children in a horrific house fire in Toowoomba.
Ellouisa Brighton Gibson, 36, was charged with three counts of attempted murder and one count of arson.
Emergency services rushed to the property on Merritt Street in Harristown, about 127km west of Brisbane, at around 12.30am on May 7 following reports of a fire.
Gibson’s nine-year-old boy died in the blaze – with firefighters locating his body near the front door of the family’s home shortly after extinguishing the flames.
Her two daughters, aged four and seven, were rushed to Toowoomba hospital in a life-threatening condition after suffering significant burns in the fire.
The girls were transferred to Queensland Children’s Hospital but died overnight after succumbing to their injuries.
The three deceased children had all been sleeping in the same bedroom.
Gibson’s 34-year-old partner Justin escaped with minor injuries along with two other children including an 11-year-old boy and 18-year-old male.
Ellouisa Brighton Gibson (pictured) was charged with three counts of attempted murder and one count of arson following a horrific house fire in Toowoomba
A nine-year-old boy’s body was found inside the home, while two girls – aged four and seven – died shortly after in hospital from their severe injuries
Justin Gibson, 34, made an emotional visit to the property on Monday, five days after he and his young family were forced to flee the burning home in the middle of the night.
‘It’s an open investigation and the truth will come out,’ Mr Gibson told Daily Mail Australia.
‘I don’t want to say anything now, I’m still grieving.
‘We can wait for the trial and then everyone will know what really happened.’
His arm still bandaged, Mr Gibson spent almost an hour taking in the devastating scene.
Before leaving the home, Mr Gibson briefly visited a neighbour and arrived back with a basket, which he filled with more than a dozen soft toys lovingly placed alongside flowers from members of the community.
‘Sending love to above,’ read one card attached to flowers.
‘Fly high beautiful angels,’ read another.
In the backyard, washing was still hanging on the line, toys were strewn across the lawn, along with an abandoned swing set, trampoline and padding pool with nobody left to play on it.
Mr Gibson was supported by his sister as he peered through the fence covered in police caution tape.
An abandoned stroller remained in the driveway, another painful reminder of his unfathomable loss.
Mr Gibson has been hailed a hero after it was revealed that he and the eldest son, 18, had desperately tried to help younger family members escape the flames, braving the flames to try to pluck the children to safety.
Gibson remains in a critical condition under police guard at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
Gibson (pictured) was put under police guard while in hospital as homicide detectives investigated the cause of the blaze
Detectives said emergency responders had found Gibson at the front of the home as it was engulfed by the inferno
