A father accused of killing his six children in a house fire joked about the night of the fatal blaze to a police officer just a week later, a court has heard.

A father accused of killing his six children was overheard on the phone saying someone being interviewed by police was going to "drop us in it", a court has heard.

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Five children have died in a house fire while a sixth child has been taken to hospital for specialist treatment, police said.