Lalor Park fire: Social media posts show a loving mother whose family bond has been forever broken

Touching social media posts paint a picture of a loving family, with a “bond like no other” – that bond has been forever broken by an alleged act of domestic violence beset upon Western Sydney.

A child beaming with his new prized possession moments after unwrapping it on his ninth birthday – it is a family happy snap that parents hope for, often taking multiple images to get the right one.

The boy sits proudly with his Thomas the Tank Engine set, accompanied by an adoring post from his mother.

Now, she lies in a hospital bed, hoping to be released after spending days in an induced coma as a city tries to make sense of yet another horrific alleged domestic violence attack that beset the Western Sydney suburb of Lalor Park in the early hours of Sunday morning.

“We are so so so proud of you and everything that you have achieved,” the child’s mother wrote on social media post celebrating her son’s birthday.

“Mum, dad your sister and brothers love you so much and think your (SIC) the best brother/son we could ever ask for.”

Others precious moments – like a young girl grinning for the camera as she shows off her sparkly unicorn face-paint; and a Christmas photo – paint a picture of a loving family home.

Pictured are flowers laid across the road from the home in Lalor Park. Picture: Richard Dobson

It appears to be one filled with happiness and joy – they show a mother who loved her kids.

The doting posts share an insight to family life they lived, with adoring snaps of newborn children, milestones captured and special occasions celebrated.

“Family, a bond like no other”, she wrote of her “babies”. But in tragic circumstances, that bond was forever changed early Sunday morning.

Three of her young children – a baby girl aged five months old, and two boys aged six and three – were killed in a house fire at Lalor Park.

The gutted Lalor Park home in Sydney. Picture: Richard Dobson

Police will allege their father, Dean Heasman, barricaded them inside the family home and attempted to prevent them leaving or being helped by first responders.

The mother and four of her children — boys aged four, seven and 11, as well as a nine-year-old girl — escaped, with some media outlets reporting the surviving children told neighbours rushing to put out the flames “daddy tried to kill us”.

Startling details have begun to emerge of the investigation into the moments before and after the fire.

It is understood the father allegedly started the setting a pillow alight and throwing it at his partner, moments before a second explosion that engulfed their home with flames.

Heasman, 28, allegedly threw the flaming linen at the woman about 12.55am on Sunday, starting the blaze that would claim his childrens’ lives in Lalor Park.

A note reads ‘three little angels in God’s care’: Richard Dobson

The pillow fire is not believed to have been solely responsible for the overall inferno however, with experts now trying to determine what sparked a secondary explosion.

The Daily Telegraph understands investigators are at a loss to determine a possible motive behind Heasman’s alleged actions, saying there was no history of mental illness or domestic violence, with he and his partner’s only known interaction with police coming after neighbours called officers to their home for a verbal argument in recent weeks which was quickly resolved.

The search for answers is ongoing, with Heasman still in an induced coma. But answers as to why “a bond like no other” was so brutally broken, may never come.