At least 12 dead as severe heatwave fuels devastating wildfires across northern Algeria

At least 12 people killed and 54 injured with six in intensive care; thousands evacuated from homes in affected provinces.

Along the forested coastlines of northern Algeria, where summer has always carried the threat of fire, something older and more patient than any single disaster is making itself known. At least 12 people have died and dozens more were injured as 69 wildfires burned simultaneously across Jijel, Bejaia, and Tizi Ouzou provinces during an exceptional August heatwave — a crisis that is both immediate emergency and long-unfolding consequence. North Africa warms faster than any other part of the continent, and what was once a seasonal hazard is becoming a recurring reckoning, reshaping the rhythm of

At least 12 dead as severe heatwave fuels devastating wildfires across northern Algeria

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