08/25/2026
Around here, we know heat. That familiarity is the risk.
A parked car gets dangerous faster than most people expect. Roughly 20 degrees hotter inside within the first 10 minutes, and it keeps rising well past what anyone would guess from standing next to it. Rolling the window down an inch does almost nothing.
Children are especially vulnerable, because a small body heats up several times faster than an adult's.
Never leave a child alone in a vehicle, no matter how quick the stop is meant to be. And make checking the back seat part of parking, the same way you check for your phone and keys.
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