The start of fall is almost here, but depending on where you live in California, that doesn’t mean cooler weather is coming. Among the threat the heat poses is a scorching car — one in which children and babies die every year from.

So far this year, 28 children and babies have died due to a hot car nationwide, including California. That’s according to data collected by Kids and Car Safety , a national nonprofit that collects data on various vehicle-related dangers, including hot cars and deaths. The most recent case recorded by the nonprofit occurred on Sept. 1 in Utah.

“Since 1990, at least 1,158 children have died in hot cars in the United States and at least another 7,500 survived with varying degrees of injury according to data compiled by Kids and Car Safety,” the safety-focused

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