By Adele Robinson, Midlands Correspondent
The house where six children were killed in a fire started by their parents is being demolished.
Mick Philpott, his wife Mairead and their friend Paul Mosley were jailed in April after using petrol to set fire to the house on Victory Road in Derby in May 2012.
Their six children Jade Philpott, 10, and her brothers John, nine, Jack, eight, Jesse, six, and Jayden, five, were killed in the blaze. Duwayne, 13, died days later in hospital.
The demolition work started just after 8am on Monday morning on the neighbouring property and then moved to the scene of the fire.
Neighbours watched as the house was torn down more than two years after the tragedy.
Cathy Perry, who lives on the street, welcomes the fact that new social housing is to be built in the same place.
Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott and Paul Mosley were jailed She said: "New life is coming from it, so people are going to be moving in, and they're going to be having new homes and new experiences in that place.
"I think we just feel sad that it happened and it's been a loss for all of us."
Her mother, Peggy Perry-Tarrant, says there is relief that the houses are being torn down.
"We will never forget what happened to them - we will never forget those kids," she said.
"We have got to get closure. This is closure."
The demolition could take a further two weeks to complete.
Derby Demolition, John L Morgan & Sons, Maxplant and Ward Recycling have each agreed to donate their fee for the demolition work to Derbyshire Children's Holiday Centre in Skegness, which provides disadvantaged local children with holidays.
Neighbours say the demolition gives them closure The managing director of Derby Demolition, Daniel Walsh, says it feels right to give the money to charity.
"We didn't really want to profit out of the tragedy that has happened," he told Sky News.
"All the local companies have been very good with it and said we will all donate our work and our fee to charity."
Mick Philpott was jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years after being convicted of six counts of manslaughter following a trial at Nottingham Crown Court earlier this year.
The trial heard that Philpott used petrol to set fire to his home to frame his former mistress during a child custody battle.
His wife Mairead, and Mosley, were told they would each serve half of a 17-year sentence for their part in the plan to set fire to the property.
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