Elderly couple dies in Novi fire

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Posted: 01/10/2013

(WXYZ) - The Novi Fire Department says that an elderly couple died in a house fire on Thursday morning.

The fire occurred at the couple’s home in the Novi Meadows mobile home community on the 26000 block of Indiana around 8:30 a.m., according to fire officials. 

The fire department says firefighters found Lewis Hampton, 79, and Jeannette Hampton,73,  unconscious in their home. Officials say the couple was then transported to a local hospital where they were pronounced dead. 

The cause of the fire is still under investigation. 

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