While the air temperatures have increased recently in Algeria, the country is going through hard times due to forest fires. Finally, in the statement made by the authorities, it was announced that 26 people lost their lives due to the forest fire disaster. While fires continue at many points, winds and heat waves make it difficult to respond to the fire. Here are the details…
FOREST FIRE DISASTER IN ALGERIA
In a statement on Algerian official television, Algerian Interior Minister Kemal Belcud announced that 24 people died in the city of et-Tarif on the Tunisian border, and 2 people died in the city of Setif in the north.
Belcud pointed out that the air temperatures in the country have exceeded 47 degrees in recent weeks and stated that since the beginning of August, forest fires have occurred in 106 different points in many cities.
Belcud stated that 2 thousand 400 hectares of forest and maquis area have been ash in the fires that have continued so far, and that thousands of personnel are fighting the fires from the air and from the land.
In a written statement made previously by the Algerian Civil Defense Presidency, “Two women lost their lives in the forest fire that occurred in the city of Setif in the northeast of the country.” statements were made.
On the other hand, according to the news in the local press, more than 350 families have been evacuated from their homes from the settlements close to the fire in the forest areas in the city of Suk Ahras.