No foul play suspected after child gets stuck in St. Pete elevator

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A child remains in critical condition after he got stuck in an elevator shaft at a St. Petersburg home, first responders say. 

Around 7:30 p.m. Monday, St. Pete firefighters were called to rescue a child from an elevator inside a home on Brightwaters Boulevard NE.

Crews said they found the child stuck between floors in an elevator shaft. 

A portion of the ceiling was taken apart to remove the child, according to St. Pete Fire Rescue.  

As of Tuesday morning, officials said the situation appeared to be accidental, and no foul play was suspected.

First responders rushed the child to Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, where he remained in critical condition Tuesday morning. 

The fire department said the cause of the incident is still under investigation and police detectives were still "reviewing the case to cover all bases."

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It’s unclear what kind of elevator was involved. 

In January the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced three separate voluntary recalls of about 69,000 residential elevators. 

Its website depicts a very similar scenario where a child is between an exterior landing and an interior elevator car door due to a hazardous gap. It is not clear if the elevator involved in this incident was related to any recalls.