Overview
- Police identified the victim as Sheila Brookshire after she was rescued from an upstairs bedroom and later died at the hospital.
- Fire crews responded to the 10300 block of Nightmist Court in Columbia’s Wilde Lake neighborhood around 2:20 p.m. Wednesday.
- A second adult self-evacuated and was taken to a hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation.
- Crews brought the fire under control in about 10 minutes, and no first responders were injured.
- Howard County’s Office of the Fire Marshal is leading the ongoing investigation into the cause.