The death toll from the fires that engulfed forested and urban areas in northeastern Algeria has risen to 43, the National Gendarmerie Command announced to Algerian radio on Monday, and it is likely that it will not be the final outcome.
A horror 'fire tornado' has killed at least 38 people in Algeria after it ripped through a wildlife park and incinerated 12 people trying to escape the flames in a bus. Fanned by drought and a blistering heatwave, the blazes have left massive.
Wildfires raging in the forests of eastern Algeria have killed at least 37 people and wounded 161 others, the civil protection department of the North African country said Thursday.