As temperatures rise, so do concerns about kids and pets left accidentally or otherwise in hot cars.
Thirty-three children in the U.S. last year died from being left in a hot car, according to the National Safety Council. So far this year, four deaths have been reported.
In both 2018 and 2019, a record 54 children in the U.S. died after being left in a hot vehicle.
“Heat kills, and heat can kill very quickly,” said Detective Robert Sigal, who is with the Metropolitan Police Department’s special victims unit.
Fourteen child hot car deaths have occurred in Nevada since 1998, the most recent one in 2020, according to the council’s data. The Nevada children ranged in age from 7 months to 5 years old.
In 2022, there were 393 emergency calls in Clark County for children locked in cars, said Las Vegas Assistant Fire Chief Ashanti Gray.