Elliot English, 6, had recovered from heart surgery before tragic Waterford fire

Elliot English, the six-year-old boy who died almost a month after an arson attack killed four members of his family, had recovered from open-heart surgery when he was a baby, according to the report. The attack at the family home in Birchwood, Waterford, claimed the lives of Elliot’s parents, Kim and Philip, and his siblings Callum, 12, and Jayden, 9. Elliot died yesterday, around a month after the fire. Elliot and a girl were rescued from the home by firefighters. They were first taken to University Hospital Waterford before being transferred to Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin in Dublin. The report says Elliot had undergone open-heart surgery as an infant and successfully recovered. It does not provide further details about his treatment or the circumstances of his death. The deaths of the four family members in the fire preceded Elliot’s death by several weeks. The report identifies him as one of the two children brought out of the burning home alive, before both were taken for medical care. The attack has left the family grieving multiple losses in a short period. Elliot’s death came nearly a month after the fire that killed his parents and two siblings.