At least 69 people have been killed in wildfires raging in the north Algeria, with fires fueled by high temperatures, while firefighters, the military and volunteers are desperately trying to put them out today.
At least 28 soldiers and 37 civilians were killed in the blaze, which began Monday night in Kavilia, particularly in the Tizi Ouzou area, according to official figures.
Late in the afternoon local time, the official APS news agency spoke of 4 more dead, without specifying whether they were civilians or military.
Calls are being made by social media to locate the missing. Twenty people are still wanted today, according to the Tout sur l’Algérie (TSA) news website.
Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebun has declared three days of national mourning from tomorrow, Thursday, according to a presidential press release.
As Algeria faces a heat wave, strong winds are complicating the work of rescuers, according to Youssef Old Mohamed, a forestry official, quoted by the APS news agency.
For his part, the President of France Emanuel Macron stated that France will send two firefighting aircraft to the region of Kavilia.
«I would like to express our support to the citizens of Algeria. From tomorrow, two Canards and an early warning and control aircraft will be sent“, Macron wrote on his Twitter account.
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