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Β KANNAPOLIS, NC — A house fire that killed an elderly Kannapolis couple appears to have been an accident. Β Firefighters found 82-year-old Paul McLendon and his 87-year-old wife Lillie inside their home on North Ridge Avenue early Monday morning. Β Next-door-neighbor Terry Davis says his barking dog woke him up around 3am. Β By that time, he says the flames were just too high.
“Finally got the front open, but there was too much smoke and the flames were too high,” said Davis. Β “So then I grabbed my hose pipe and just started putting water in the windows, trying to knock down the flames.”
It took crews from five fire departments to put out the blaze. Β Kannapolis police are investigating the cause.
