Death toll due to wildfires rises to 26 in Algeria
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – A total of 26 people have died in Algeria as of Wednesday due to forest fires that broke out in several provinces of the North African country.
Civil protection officials stated that teams were working to put out 39 fires across 14 provinces, most of them in the country’s northeast.
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune offered his condolences to the families of the victims in the provinces of Setif and El Tarf, according to an official statement.
Images spread on social platforms showed firefighting efforts with public participation alongside civil protection teams and the army, as well as the evacuation of hundreds of citizens from residential neighborhoods that were caught in the flames.
Footage of a Russian extinguishing plane was widely circulated. The plane was leased last June and was shown extinguishing fires in several provinces, including Skikda, El Tarf, and Jijel.
The fires coincided with a record heat wave that hit northeastern Algeria, exceeding 45 C (113 F), as well as with hot and strong southern winds
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