- The number of victims of wildfires in Algeria has risen to 26 from eight reported earlier, Algerian Interior Minister Kamel Beldjoud announced.
- Including the latest figures, the number of deaths recorded this summer due to fires has now risen to 30.
- The summer of 2021 was particularly deadly, with at least 90 deaths caused by the fires that affected the north of the country, where more than 100,000 hectares of forest burned.
Wildfires claim lives across northern Algeria 18.08.2022
