Woman who died in Colorado Springs apartment fire last month identified

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — A woman who died following a fire at an apartment complex last month in Colorado Springs has been identified.

According to the El Paso County Coroner's Office, she was 61-year-old Sheila Ermey.

Background Information

Around 50 people were displaced following a fire at an apartment complex, according to the Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD).

It happened around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, November 16 at The Montecito Apartments, which are located along Pikes Peak Avenue.

When firefighters arrived, they found flames coming out of a second-story window and immediately began evacuating the third floor of the complex.

Firefighters searched the building, and they say they found a woman, later identified as Ermey, unconscious. She was taken to the hospital whe