Identity of woman killed in apartment fire released

Updated: Apr. 12, 2017 at 11:13 PM EDT

CLARKSVILLE, IN (WAVE) - The identity of a woman killed in an apartment fire has been released.

Deputy Coroner Eddie Robinson said Rose Hillis, 56, died from burns she got when her apartment caught fire Wednesday afternoon.

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The fire started shortly after noon on Dartmouth Drive. Robinson said she died at University Hospital's Burn Unit shortly before 5 p.m.

Hillis sustained burns over 80% of her body.

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