Wildfires raging across Algeria during a blistering heatwave have killed more than 30 people and forced mass evacuations, the government says
Operations were underway to extinguish fires in six provinces, the Interior Ministry said, calling on citizens to "avoid areas affected by the fires" and to report new blazes on toll-free phone numbers.Fires this year have been exacerbated by a heatwave that has seen several Mediterranean countries break temperature records. / Photo: AFP
The fires killed at least 34 people, including 10 soldiers, as they raged through residential areas, the interior ministry said, revising an earlier toll of 15 dead.Some 1,500 people were evacuated from the Bejaia, Bouira and Jijel provinces east of the capital Algiers, according to the ministry.President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Monday expressed his condolences to the families of the deceased.
"Civil protection services remain mobilised until the fires are completely extinguished," the ministry said.
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