One person dies after apartment fire in southeast Columbus, Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – One person is dead after a fire broke out in an apartment building in southeast Columbus.

According to Columbus Division Fire Chief Geitter, a crew responded to a fire in a unit of a three-story apartment building at the Columbus Park Apartments in the 2000 block of Winslow Drive in the Milbrook neighborhood.

The fire is now under control, Geitter said, but one person died as a result of the fire. The windows of the ground floor apartment were broken and the outside wall of the building was covered with a layer of soot from the fire.

The cause is still under investigation. No other injuries were reported.