A number of videos documenting horrific scenes of fires that swept through forest areas in Algeria and Tunisia circulated on social media. The Algerian Interior Ministry announced that 34 people were killed and 26 others were injured in a series of fires in the eastern and northern regions of the country. In neighbouring Tunisia, civil protection teams on Monday evacuated more than 300 residents of the northwestern village of Maloula across the sea due to the expansion of forest fires. Fire brigades, backed by military helicopters, have been struggling for about a week to put out fires that broke out in forests in Mount Meloula.