Toddler dies in car heat

A two-year-old girl has died after accidentally being left in a car in Perth during temperatures that reached 36 degrees.

A West Australian Police spokesman said the girl's parents returned to their Maddington home, in the city's south-east, about 3pm (WDT) yesterday before leaving again in another vehicle without her.

"They went to Fremantle in the other vehicle to pick up two other daughters," the spokesman said.

"They returned around 5pm and realised the (youngest) child was missing."

The girl was found in the first car a short time later, but attempts to resuscitate her were unsuccessful.

- AAP