Published on
16/07/2026 - 20:36 GMT+2
11 children were killed and 19 others injured in a fire at an orphanage near the Algerian capital on Thursday, authorities said.
Algeria's Civil Protection agency said the fire broke out at around 3:30 am local time (4:30 am CEST) at a two-storey orphanage in Mohammedia, an eastern suburb of Algiers.
“We heard screams and voices coming from the burning orphanage, and then I saw that the flames had begun to engulf the place and the girls were inside. I ran out without a shirt on,'' Yassin Ibrize, a nearby resident, told media.
