ALGIERS: A fire burning at an orphanage in a suburb of the Algerian capital has killed at least 11 people and injured 19, the country’s civil defense said Thursday. The civil defense was “continuing efforts to put out the fire” in the Mohammadia district of Algiers, with the cause of the blaze unknown. “The provisional toll is 11 dead,” it said, without specifying the age of the victims. National television showed Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb visiting the wounded in hospital.
Algeria orphanage fire kills 11, injures 19: civil defense
The fire was in the Mohammadia district of Algiers
July 16, 2026 07:32
ALGIERS: A fire burning at an orphanage in a suburb of the Algerian capital has killed at least 11 people and injured 19, the country’s civil defense said Thursday.
The civil defense was “continuing efforts to put out the fire” in the Mohammadia district of Algiers, with the cause of the blaze unknown.
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