ALBAWABA - The death count rises as Europe is facing one of its worst heatwaves in history - the latest victim of the incessant heat is a three-year-old child in a locked car.
France records the third child-fatality due to the heatwave as it continues to slowly stifle Europe and France in particular, which recorded its highest temperature ever two days in a row.
A photo created on June 24, 2026 combining sources from EDO, Nasa, Jaxa, Gebco, OSM shows a map of Europe as a heatwave is scorching the continent, exceeding some scientific projections. (SABRINA BLANCHARD / AFP)
The parents of the child said they found the boy in “the car outside their home” in the town of Saint-Gratien in the Paris suburbs; the child was locked in the car as the temperatures outside soared over 40 degrees celsius.
The three-year old child follows two siblings aged two and four along with a British woman - all victims of the deadly heatwave choking Europe in general and France in particular.
