The deadly danger of cars on a hot day

What to do if a person or pet is locked in a vehicle

It’s hot out there. The inside of your car is even hotter.

This week and through the weekend, the high temperature is expected to be around 99 and 100 degrees in Yubasutter, according to the National Weather Service in Sacramento. The temperature inside of your car can be 20 degrees hotter than it is outside within minutes of being parked.

“Cars will heat up really quickly, it won’t take much,” said Cory Mueller, a weather forecaster in Sacramento. “If the outside temperature is 80 degrees, within about 10 minutes, the temperature goes up by about 20 degrees (in the car). So within five or 10 minutes, it’s going to become unbearable.”

Dr. Michael Kinnison, interim health and human services branch director for Sutter County, said studies have shown that a car can heat up by 45 degrees within an hour.

Nationally, on average, a child dies every 10 days from heat stroke due to being left in a vehicle, according to safekids.org. In more than half of those cases, the child was forgotten in the car. Young children have a higher risk of serious injury from heat stroke because their bodies heat up three to five times faster than adults.

Kinnison said that time is of the essence in cases where a child is left in a hot car.

“The children are of course the biggest concern, because of their age they are much more susceptible

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