Tragedy in France: Two children are found lifeless inside the car, the mother said that she had “forgotten”

Two children, two and four years old have been found without signs of life in the family vehicle on Monday afternoon, parked in their grandmother's garage in Carpentras, in the Provence region, during temperatures of 38 degrees Celsius.

It is still not known how the children got into the car or how long they stayed inside it.

Their mother, 33, reportedly was unaware that they were in the vehicle until she found them and announced emergency services, broadcast Klankosova.tv.

According to the newspaper Le Parisien, the mother declared that she had named the children “as she was making purchases.

She hasn't been questioned by the police yet.

Police and firemen were called to the scene around 13:10, according to La Provence, but efforts to rescue children resulted in unsuccessful results.

Europe, like the United Kingdom, is facing an extraordinary heat wave, with temperatures that have passed 40 °C in some parts of France.

Emergency services and the military are put on alert because of the risk of fires across the country.

French authorities have imposed restrictions on alcohol consumption in public places, while some sports activities in open environments have been cancelled.