Algeria's Wildfire Crisis: 12 Dead, 154 Blazes in Single Day as Heatwave Intensifies

At least 12 people killed and 54 injured across three provinces, with six in critical condition; dozens of families evacuated from affected areas.

In the final days of August, a merciless heatwave descended on northeastern Algeria, turning the Mediterranean landscape into a tinderbox and igniting 154 fires in a single day. Twelve people perished across the provinces of Jijel, Bejaia, and Tizi Ouzou, and fifty-four more were carried to hospitals bearing the marks of flame and smoke. This is not merely a seasonal disaster but a deepening reckoning — a region where summer has ceased to be a season of warmth and become one of recurring catastrophe, shaped by drought, shifting climate, and the slow unraveling of ecological balance.

Algeria's Wildfire Crisis: 12 Dead, 154 Blazes in Single Day as Heatwave Intensifies

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