Horror as a newborn baby boy is found alone inside a parked car in a Sydney shopping centre as temperatures neared 40 degrees

  • Security staff rescued a baby boy found alone in a car on a sweltering day
  • Dramatic rescue occurred in the carpark of Westfield Burwood in Sydney
  • The baby boy appears to be unharmed and not distressed in the footage
  • NSW Police weren't called to the incident and currently aren't investigating 

Shocking footage has emerged of security guards coming to the rescue of a baby boy found alone inside a car on a sweltering day.

Nadim Accari was walking back to his vehicle at Westfield Burwood in Sydney's inner-west on Friday when he noticed a parked car with its headlights on.

Upon closer inspection, he was horrified to see a baby boy unattended in the backseat on a day where temperatures soared to almost 40 degrees.

Security staff rescued a baby boy who was alone in an unlocked car for at least 10 minutes

Security staff rescued a baby boy who was alone in an unlocked car for at least 10 minutes

Mr Accari alerted shopping centre security staff and later took to Facebook to share the video of the rescue as a warning to other parents to not leave young children alone in cars.

The baby appears to be unharmed and not distressed in the footage, which has since had more than 1,100 views on Facebook.

'I waited for a moment hoping that the parents were close by, but there was nobody around,' Mr Accari posted.

'They (the security guards) came running to the car, at this stage it had almost been 10 minutes. The car was UNLOCKED, we removed the baby boy and I proceeded to carry the baby to the medical centre in Westfields for testing.'

He said the mother arrived five minutes later and said that she was only going to be 10 minutes.

Mr Accari said he started arguing with the mother before security staff intervened to defuse the situation.

The baby boy appears to be unharmed and not distressed in the footage

The baby boy appears to be unharmed and not distressed in the footage

'I waited for a moment hoping that the parents were close by, but there was nobody around,' rescuer Nadim Accari posted on Facebook

'I waited for a moment hoping that the parents were close by, but there was nobody around,' rescuer Nadim Accari posted on Facebook

'Please, please, take care of your babies... Never leave them alone like this. Hopefully this mother has learnt her lesson,' he posted to Facebook.

Mr Accari later told 7 News: 'There's no excuse for leaving a child or pet in the car on such a hot day.'

A NSW Police spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia said they were not called to the incident and currently aren't investigating. 

Emergency services rescue more than 2,000 unattended children in cars each year.

The temperature inside a parked car can be more than 30 degrees hotter than outside the car, according to the NRMA.

'There's no excuse for leaving a child or pet in the car on such a hot day,' rescuer Nadim Accari (pictured) later told 7 News

'There's no excuse for leaving a child or pet in the car on such a hot day,' rescuer Nadim Accari (pictured) later told 7 News

Mr Accari later took to social media (pictured) to warn other parents

Mr Accari later took to social media (pictured) to warn other parents

The incident occured at Westfield Burwood (pictured) in Sydney's inner-west

The incident occured at Westfield Burwood (pictured) in Sydney's inner-west

Up to 75 per cent of the temperature increase occurs within five minutes of the car being closed.

'A child left in a parked car under those conditions for even a few minutes can very quickly become distressed, dehydrated and can die from organ failure,' the NRMA website states. 

Parts of Sydney reached a scorching 39 degrees on Friday with temperatures forecast to remain in the 30s on Saturday before a cool change on Sunday which will see temperatures drop to 24.

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Horror as baby boy is found alone inside a parked car in a Sydney shopping centre on a hot day

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