ByREUTERSJULY 16, 2026 12:00Eleven people were killed and 19 injured in a fire at an orphanage on the outskirts of the Algerian capital early on Thursday, state media reported.The fire broke out at an orphanage in the Mohammadia district in the eastern suburbs of Algiers.Ten of the injured suffered burns of varying severity, while emergency crews evacuated five people with disabilities from the orphanage to safety, the civil protection agency said.It said firefighting operations were continuing and did not immediately identify the victims, disclose their ages or say what caused the fire.A demonstrator waves an Algerian flag (credit: REUTERS/CHRISTIAN HARTMANN)The orphanage fire happened amidst a heatwave in AlgeriaAlgeria has been gripped by a heatwave in recent days, with civil protection units extinguishing 913 fires nationwide since July 8, state news agency APS reported on Wednesday, citing the General Directorate of Civil Protection.Follow us on Google