Algeria battles intense wildfires amid heatwave
The Algeria Civil Protection Directorate recorded a total of 147 wildfires in 24 hours, according to a bulletin on Friday morning.
On Thursday, the country’s Civil Protection Directorate issued an urgent order recalling personnel across 45 provinces, including Algiers, Constantine, Oran and Setif.
Forest fires are a common sight in summer in northern Algeria but the phenomenon is exacerbated by droughts and heatwaves, linked to human-driven climate change.
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