Fast growing dangers of hot cars

AccuWeather's Melissa Constanzer shares tips on keeping children and pets safe from dangerous temperatures inside a car.

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00:00Nearly 90 degrees in the afternoon on the heart of the heat of an April day in Florida, this dog was lucky.

00:15For more than 30 minutes, the dog endured the hot temperatures of a closed car.

00:20While that dog got a happy ending, not all pets do.

00:22And it's not just pets that can get trapped in hot cars.

00:26Kids can too.

00:27That's why it's so important to look before you lock.

00:30Cars heat up fast.

00:31In fact, if you take a 70-degree day outside and you wait just 10 minutes, you're already up to 90 degrees.

00:37After that, the numbers continue to rise to 100 as we look to 30 minutes and 112 as we get to an hour long.

00:46And for 90 degrees, like that dog was experiencing, it goes up even faster.

00:50In just 10 minutes, we're already talking about 109 degrees.

00:54And then in 30 minutes, more than 120 degrees inside that car.

00:58So it heats up fast.

01:00And if you think cracking the window open can help, it doesn't make that much of a difference.

01:04In fact, after 30 minutes, we're still talking about temperatures that are around 115 degrees for our lower 90s day outside.

01:12And those numbers continue to rise in an hour.

01:14We're pretty much at the same temperature as we would be if the windows were fully closed and sealed up.

01:19That's how hot and how quickly it can get hot.

01:22Remember to always look before you lock.

01:25There are so many different easy factors to leave children or pets behind.

01:30And remember that children should never play near cars.

01:3325% of hot car deaths occur when a child gets in unknowingly into a car.