6:22 am - Thursday May 17, 2012

Chicago Fire Death Highlights Elevator Hazards

The death of a Chicago woman who stepped off her elevator into a blazing inferno Sunday has underscored the need for fire sensors in elevators.

Shantel McCoy, 32, who was returning to her 12th-floor apartment on Lake Shore Drive, died after the elevator doors opened and she was hit with 1,500-degree temperatures from gas and fire fumes, according to a Chicago Fire Department spokesman.

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