Philpott house demolition begins

Demolition workers have finished knocking down the house where two parents set a deadly blaze which killed their children.

Demolition work begins on the Philpott family home in Derby.

Work to pull down the fire-damaged semi-detached house in Victory Road, Derby, began just after 8am with the final smoke-blackened wall demolished shortly after 2.30pm.

Clearing the remaining rubble and flattening the site is expected to take several more days.

As a mechanical digger started pulling down the former family home brick by brick, neighbours welcomed the move, although for some looking on it brought back memories of happier times, painful now to recount.

Mick and Mairead Philpott were jailed in April, along with their friend Paul Mosley, after being convicted of killing the couple's six children in the petrol-fuelled blaze in Allenton.

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.

Evidence of the intense black smoke thrown off by the fire became apparent as more of the house's innards were exposed during the work.

In one of the out-buildings a full-size snooker table was uncovered with the balls still set up, ready to play.

It will be sent to landfill along with all the other rubble.

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Philpott house demolition begins