A Columbus woman died in an apartment fire Monday after a cigarette sparked a blaze in her bed.

59-year-old Deborah Volland was found unconscious in the hallway of her apartment in the Canberbury House Apartments on Nicholas Lane at 2:47 p.m. Monday. Firefighters and paramedics attempted to revive her but were unsuccessful and she was pronounced dead at the scene. County Coroner Clayton Nolting said the cause of death is believed to be smoke inhalation but that will not be finalized until the investigation concludes.

Firefighters were called to the apartment complex, after a resident noticed the smell of smoke and looked out his window to see smoke coming from a nearby apartment, says Fire Inspector Matt Noblitt. Firefighters were told that a person with limited mobility lived in the apartment and quickly found Volland in the hallway, Noblitt said.

The three bedroom apartment suffered substantial smoke damage but the fire was confined to the bedroom. Noblitt said that the fire originated in the bed.