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النهار أونلاين
Wildfires Ignite Across 24 States
As of 5:00 PM on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, the Algerian Civil Protection services have recorded 131 wildfires in forests, shrublands, underbrush, agricultural fields, and palm oases across 24 provinces. Out of these, 49 fires have been extinguished, while 82 are still ongoing. Efforts to contain the fires are ongoing, particularly in the provinces of Bejaia, Annaba, Skikda, Guelma, Bouira, El Tarf, and Saida, where residents have been evacuated from multiple areas to ensure safety, with no casualties reported. The causes are mostly related to natural or human-made fires. Preventive evacuations and investigations are underway to determine the sources of the fires, and firefighting operations continue in the affected regions to date.
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