ALGIERS, Algeria: Forest fires killed 12 people and injured dozens in northeastern Algeria on Wednesday, the interior minister and civil protection authorities said. The tolls rose from earlier local media reports of two deaths and an unspecified number of injuries in coastal Bejaia province, around 300 kilometers (190 miles) from the capital Algiers. Five people were killed in Jijel province, four in Bejaia and three in Tizi Ouzou province, Interior Minister Said Sayoud told national television.

Selon un bilan du ministère de l’intérieur, douze personnes ont été tuées, mercredi 26 août, dans des feux qui ont ravagé plusieurs régions dans le nord-est du pays.

Twelve people died and dozens were injured as wildfires tore through northern Algeria on Wednesday, with authorities battling more than 150 blazes amid a scorching heatwave…

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