Dad charged with attempted murder of daughter, 3

Shaun Mate. Photo / via Facebook

An Adelaide father has been charged with the alleged attempted murder of his three-year-old daughter.

Police were called to Shaun Mate's house in Kinedana St, Eden Hills, late on Thursday night, after a call for urgent assistance.

Officers spoke to a woman there before going into a bedroom where they allegedly found Mate, 43, and a three-year old girl both unconscious, and an open gas tank nearby.

Police were called to Shaun Mate's house in Kinedana St, Eden Hills, late on Thursday night, after a call for urgent assistance. Photo / via Facebook

The pair were treated at the scene before they were taken to Flinders Medical Centre in a critical condition and placed into induced comas.

The little girl has begun to recover, and has been transferred to the Women's and Children's Hospital.

Mate's condition improved enough on Sunday that police could arrest him at the Medical Centre for attempted murder.

He has been refused bail, a SA Police spokeswoman confirmed to NCA NewsWire. He will appear at Christies Beach Magistrates' Court on Monday.