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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sam Jones in Madrid

Girl, two, dies after being left in car as extreme heat sweeps Spain

La Coruna province, Galicia
La Coruna province, Galicia. Police in Brión are investigating the toddler’s death. Photograph: Jose Lucas/Alamy

A two-year-old girl has died of heatstroke in north-west Spain after being accidentally left in her father’s car during an unseasonably hot spell that could push temperatures in some areas to 38C (100F).

The child, who has not been named, went into cardiac arrest on Wednesday afternoon after spending several hours inside the vehicle in the Galician town of Brión after her father forgot to take her to nursery.

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