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| Philpott house demolition starts on Victory Road, Derby | Philpott house demolition starts on Victory Road, Derby |
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| Work has started to demolish a house where six children were killed in a blaze set by their parents Mick and Mairead Philpott. | Work has started to demolish a house where six children were killed in a blaze set by their parents Mick and Mairead Philpott. |
| Derby City Council said a bulldozer was on site demolishing 18 Victory Road. An adjoining property, number 20, has already been knocked down. | Derby City Council said a bulldozer was on site demolishing 18 Victory Road. An adjoining property, number 20, has already been knocked down. |
| More housing will be built on the site following the work. | More housing will be built on the site following the work. |
| The Philpotts were jailed in April, along with friend Paul Mosley, after being convicted of manslaughter. | The Philpotts were jailed in April, along with friend Paul Mosley, after being convicted of manslaughter. |
| A council spokeswoman said the work would take about two weeks to complete. | A council spokeswoman said the work would take about two weeks to complete. |
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| Jade Philpott, 10, and her brothers John, nine, Jack, eight, Jesse, six, and Jayden, five, died in the blaze in May 2012. Duwayne, 13, died days later in hospital. | |
| A court heard the fire was an attempt to incriminate Mick's former partner, who was disputing custody of children they had together. | |
| Daniel Walsh, managing director of Derby Demolition Ltd, said they had removed the roof but the floors were intact. | |
| "The boys weren't happy about going inside to pull it apart, because of what happened so we've left it to the digger," he added. | |
| He said it would take two days to fully demolish the properties, then work will start to clear the rubble. | |
| Contractors working on the project have agreed to donate their fee to Derbyshire Children's Holiday Centre in Skegness, which provides disadvantaged local children with holidays in the town. |