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Firefighters, soldiers and civilians are still fighting, Wednesday, against the mad race of deadly fires in Algeria. The flames have ravaged several regions of Kabylia since the day before, in particular Tizi Ouzou. These multiple fires killed at least 65 people, including 28 soldiers. A three-day national mourning has been decreed.
Algeria is in mourning. At least 65 people, including 28 soldiers, have lost their lives in the fires that have ravaged northern Algeria since Monday evening, especially in Kabylia, according to a new assessment provided Wednesday, August 11 by Algerian national television.
“The toll of forest fires rose to 65 dead [28 militaires et 37 civils], mostly in the wilaya of Tizi Ouzou, “the television reported, adding that 12 soldiers were also” hospitalized in critical condition. “A three-day national mourning has been declared.
These fires affect several regions of Kabylia, in particular Tizi Ouzou. Impressive images, accompanied by calls for help, circulate on social networks, with charred trunks, dying cattle, suffocated, and villages under siege.
In AFP footage, residents can be seen desperately trying to smother a fire starting with small branches.
The criminal track evoked
As Algeria faces an extreme heat wave, winds are spreading the fires and complicating the task of rescuers, according to Youcef Ould Mohamed, a local forestry official quoted by the official APS agency.
Civil protection spokesman Nassim Barnaoui told reporters on Wednesday that a total of 69 fires were still active in 17 wilayas (prefectures). The most important are in the wilaya of Tizi Ouzou, which has also suffered the most loss of life.
The criminal trail was mentioned by the Algerian authorities, who however gave no details. Algerian public radio announced on Tuesday the arrest of three “arsonists” in Médéa. A fourth was arrested in Annaba, according to APS.
According to the Minister of the Interior, Kamel Beldjoud, about fifty fires “of criminal origin” stirred up by the weather conditions began on Monday evening.
The Prime Minister, Aïmène Benabderahmane, told him about more than 70 fires in 18 wilayas in the north of the country. Civil protection reported about a hundred fires in 16 wilayas.
The cities of Bouira, Sétif, Khenchela, Guelma, Bejaïa, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Boumerdès, Tiaret, Médéa, Tébessa, Blida and Skikda are affected, the general directorate of civil protection said on Twitter.
The worst tragedy occurred Tuesday at the end of the day when 28 soldiers perished while evacuating villagers threatened by the flames, in the mountains of Bejaïa and Tizi Ouzou.
Extreme temperatures in the Maghreb until August 15
Every year, the north of Algeria is affected by forest fires. In 2020, nearly 44,000 hectares of coppice went up in smoke. The authorities had announced that they had arrested several perpetrators of arson.
This phenomenon is amplifying as fires multiply across the globe. They are associated with various phenomena anticipated by scientists due to global warming.
The increase in temperature, the increase in heat waves and the drop in precipitation in places is an ideal combination for the development of fires.
The extreme heat must continue until the weekend in the Maghreb, until August 15 according to Algerian meteorological services, with temperatures reaching 46 degrees.
With AFP
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