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14/05/2012
Sixth Child Dies Following House Fire
A 13-year-old boy is the sixth chid to die following a fire at a house in Derby last week.
Duwayne Philpott and his brothers and sisters were asleep upstairs at their Victory Road home when the blaze began.
Duwayne had been receiving treatment at Birmingham Children's hospital since the blaze, but his life support machine was switched off last night.
Jade Philpott, 10, and her brothers John, nine, Jack, seven, Jessie, six, and Jayden, five, all died when the fire started in the early hours of Friday.
Their father Mick Philpott, who is believed to have 17 children, made "valiant attempts" to save them.
Police are treating the fire on Friday as suspicious. A man, 38, and woman, 28, have been bailed after being held on suspicion of murder.
A spokesman from Birmingham Children's Hospital said: "Despite the intensive care team's greatest efforts, the injuries that Duwayne received in the fire were too great for him to survive.
"Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time."
The family had been the subject of media scrutiny in 2006 when Mr Philpott asked the council for a larger house to accommodate his wife, girlfriend and 14 children.
In 2007, ex-Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe spent a week living with the family as part of an ITV documentary and Mr Philpott also appeared as a guest on the channel's Jeremy Kyle Show.
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Duwayne Philpott and his brothers and sisters were asleep upstairs at their Victory Road home when the blaze began.
Duwayne had been receiving treatment at Birmingham Children's hospital since the blaze, but his life support machine was switched off last night.
Jade Philpott, 10, and her brothers John, nine, Jack, seven, Jessie, six, and Jayden, five, all died when the fire started in the early hours of Friday.
Their father Mick Philpott, who is believed to have 17 children, made "valiant attempts" to save them.
Police are treating the fire on Friday as suspicious. A man, 38, and woman, 28, have been bailed after being held on suspicion of murder.
A spokesman from Birmingham Children's Hospital said: "Despite the intensive care team's greatest efforts, the injuries that Duwayne received in the fire were too great for him to survive.
"Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time."
The family had been the subject of media scrutiny in 2006 when Mr Philpott asked the council for a larger house to accommodate his wife, girlfriend and 14 children.
In 2007, ex-Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe spent a week living with the family as part of an ITV documentary and Mr Philpott also appeared as a guest on the channel's Jeremy Kyle Show.
(H/GK)
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