Simpson County couple, pets killed in house fire

Published 9:22 pm Tuesday, January 23, 2018

SIMPSON COUNTY (AP) — A Mississippi couple has been killed in a house fire.

WAPT-TV quotes firefighters as saying the bodies of Martha Hamilton and her husband Raymond Hamilton were found early Monday morning.

Several of the couple’s pets also died in the fire.

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Simpson County Sheriff’s Department Investigator Chris Wallace says there are no signs of foul play, but an investigation into the fire’s cause is ongoing.