Derby Fire Parents 'Did Nothing To Save Children'

By Lisa Dowd, Midlands Correspondent

Brothers who tried to save the Philpotts' children from the fire have told Sky News their parents did nothing to help, describing them as "a couple of statues".

Jamie and Darren Butler, who live on Victory Road, the same road as the Philpotts, rushed to the scene after they were woken by screams.

The front door, which was PVC, had already melted away. Jamie, 37, scrambled over a caravan to get in through the back.

"You couldn't really see nothing, there was confusion.

"I didn't know the fire service was there.

"Police officers were saying 'come out, come out'. I said 'no there's six kids in here', I could hear my brother saying 'please be careful, please be careful', you could hear the worry in his voice ... it was like a tornado in a fire."

"I'm going to be honest with you, I expected more flames", said Darren, 35. "But it was more smoke than flames, but the heat was hot, it was hot.

"Once my brother knew the emergency services were there, he stopped his efforts, but his hope was still there, like mine was, until we saw the children come out then all hope was gone. It was gone."

Afterwards, Jamie saw Mick Philpott at the front of the house and apologised to him for not saving his kids.

A short time later, he realised that neither Mick nor Mairead had done anything to help.

"They weren't in the back garden, clung onto me saying 'help me, my kids are dying', they weren't there ... I'm a dad, you would have seen me come out burning. He didn't, he was over the street in someone else's house."

"They just stood there like a couple of statues in the garden when really they should have been in the house", said Darren. "When I first saw Mairead at the back gate crying her eyes out I said 'how many kids are in the house?' Six. 'Where?' Back bedroom. 'How come you ain't there then?'

"You watch Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale all the time, and you can see people are acting, because they get paid to act. That's exactly what he was doing, he wasn't being paid for it, but he was acting. There was no emotion, he was motionless, there was nothing," said Jamie.

"Acting is the word," said Darren. "He was coughing, I thought 'why you coughing? you've not done anything'."

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