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The authorities are committed to taking care of all those affected by the fires and compensating them for the losses H.M. The series of fires that have been burning for about two weeks, across many states of the country, left terrifying scenes of rising flames, devouring everything green and dry in their path, which necessitated the intervention of the public authorities to activate state rescue plans in the states concerned, and to harness all available capabilities, in an attempt to besiege and extinguish the raging hotspots in separate areas in those states. And to protect human lives, these fires caused significant losses in property and forest and plant cover and devoured vast areas of agricultural crops and fruit trees, and not even livestock were spared from the flames of the flames. The situation necessitated the arrival of an important ministerial delegation headed by the Minister of the Interior to Annaba State, where it was announced that the state would undertake to compensate those affected by the fires, the causes of which are the subject of an investigation. A ministerial delegation rushes to Annaba…and Saioud announces: Investigations are underway into the causes of the fires and the state will compensate those affected. The Minister of Interior, Local Governments and Transport, Al-Saeed Saioud, confirmed on Wednesday morning in Annaba that “the state is committed to standing by the citizens affected by the forest fires that occurred in several states of the country in recent days,” stressing that “the public authorities are mobilized to provide all forms of support and accompaniment to those affected.” Mr. Saioud, who was accompanied by the Minister of National Solidarity, Family and Women’s Issues, Soria Moulouji, the Minister of Health, Mohamed Seddik Ait Messaoudane, the Minister of Youth in charge of the Supreme Youth Council, Mustafa Hidaoui, the Director General of Civil Protection, Colonel Boualem Bouglaf, and the Governor of Annaba, Abdelkarim Lamouri, explained that “the President of the Republic, Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, attaches great importance to taking care of the affected citizens and is keen for the state to be present by their side in such circumstances and tribulations.” According to what was reported by the Algerian News Agency. In the same context, the Minister also stressed that “the state will undertake to count all the material losses resulting from these fires, indicating that the census process will take place on the ground and in coordination with the various concerned departments to determine the extent of the damage caused to citizens and their property before commencing compensation procedures as soon as possible.” With regard to the fires that broke out since the end of last week, Mr. Saioud explained that “the security authorities are continuing their investigations to determine the real reasons that were behind their outbreak.” Pointing out that “about 160 fires were recorded across various states in the north of the country.” He stressed that “security investigations are continuing to determine the nature of these fires and whether they resulted from natural causes or a criminal nature, to determine the responsibilities and real reasons behind their outbreak.” Affecting forests and agricultural crops: 195 fires were recorded within 24 hours. On Wednesday, Civil Protection revealed the results of the latest interventions in extinguishing forest fires, jungles, bushes, and agricultural crops across various states. The General Directorate of Civil Protection announced that 195 fires had been recorded across various parts of the country during the last 24 hours. Intervention teams were able to extinguish 142 of them, while firefighting operations continued to extinguish 53 fires across 15 states, according to a tally recorded at seven in the morning. Civil Protection explained that the ongoing fires are distributed in the states of Annaba (3 fires), Souk Ahras (3), Skikda (18), Guelma (3), Bouira (1), Medea (2), Camp (2), Mila (1), El Tarf (7), Jijel (4), Constantine (1), Bejaia (5), Tlemcen (1), Saida (1), and Timimoun (1). Bejaia witnessed four fires described as important in the municipality of Bou Khalifa, Where suppression operations are still continuing. In the state of Annaba, intervention teams continue to fight fires in the municipality of Saraidi, at the level of the regions of Sidi Boumediene and Bozizé, where patients were evacuated from Saraidi hospital, in addition to the evacuation of the “Montazah” hotel and a number of residences. Firefighting operations also continue in the municipality of Al-Trayat in the Ain Essebsi region. As for the state of Skikda, it has recorded the largest number of ongoing fires, especially in the municipalities of La Marsa and Al-Sharaya, which witnessed three important fires, along with Ain Charchar and Jandal. Sadie, and Saturday, while the suppression operations continue. In the state of Al-Tarf, efforts are continuing to extinguish seven fires, including two fires in each of the municipalities of Al-Zaytouna, Ain Al-Karmah, and Al-Shifa, in addition to a fire in the municipality of Oued Al-Zaytoun. Firefighting operations also continue in Jijel Province, where the municipality of Oulad Yahia Khadroush is witnessing three important fires, in addition to a fire in the municipality of Boussif Oulad Askar. The province of Guelma recorded a fire in the municipality of Qalaa Bousaba, while extinguishing operations continue in the municipality of Al-Hashimiya in the province of Bouira, and the municipality of Hanasha in the province of Medea. In the state of Mascara, civil protection services continue to fight two fires in the municipalities of Nasmat and Naqaa. Firefighting operations also continue in the municipality of Ain El Zana in the state of Souk Ahras, and the municipality of Al Ayadi Barbas in the state of Mila, in addition to a fire in the municipality of Daya Thabet in the state of Saida. The sky was raining ashes, saving 100 inmates trapped by fire at Saraidi Hospital in Annaba. On Tuesday, the Saraidi Municipality in Annaba experienced a massive fire outbreak in the forest areas, and it spread rapidly due to the wind and high air temperature, with the flames extending to the urban area, after the fire brigades of Civil Protection, the Forest Prefecture, and the various agencies that were recruited to extinguish the fires faced great difficulty in controlling the burning flames. Despite great efforts, The fire was carried out by the fire brigades with the help of citizens, but the rapid spread of the fire and the spread of its flames prompted the public authorities to declare a state of maximum alert and evacuate families living in some of the areas to which the flames approached, where they were transported safely towards the center where the elite athletes gathered, “the Craps”, in the presence of the governor of Annaba State, Abdel Karim Lamouri, who gave field instructions on the need to protect lives first, and to harness all available capabilities for that. However, after the night hours, the flames of the burning fires increased and spread. To the urban center, where, after the fire approached Saraidi Hospital, the authorities decided to evacuate it and transfer the patients residing there to Khan Abdel Rahman Balbouni Hospital, to ensure their safety from the burning fires and the thick smoke emanating from them, while continuing efforts to extinguish the fire, to save whatever property, citizens and vital facilities that could be saved. In this context, and in light of the continued efforts to extinguish the fire, the governor of the state, Abdel Karim Lamouri, supervised, on Wednesday morning, at the headquarters of the Saraidi Municipality, the installation of inspection and census cells, To begin immediately to monitor the losses and damage resulting from the fires in the field, and to count the affected families at the municipal level, in implementation of the orders of the President of the Republic, requiring full care and accompaniment of all affected families. Not far from Annaba, the state of Guelma has been living, for two full weeks, under the impact of a series of devastating fires, which since the eighth of this month of July have caused the death of three people, the destruction of many homes and property, and the flames have spread to devour vast areas of cover. Forest and agricultural crops, despite the enormous material and human potential that has been harnessed to put out the raging fires that the state has never witnessed before. The fire brigades faced great difficulty in extinguishing the fires burning in separate areas of the state’s territory, and they touched the forest blocks in Jabal Hawara, Beni Saleh, and even Mauna, and crossed over to the agricultural crops located near the urban perimeter in several municipalities, threatening facilities, in addition to citizens’ homes and property, where they were Dozens of families were evacuated to schools and other places, as is the case in the municipalities of Beni Mezlin, Jableh Lakhmisi, Boumhra Ahmed, and even Bouchqouf, Hammam Al-Nabail, Majaz Al-Safa, Hammam Debbagh, Al-Fajouj, Buatay Mahmoud, Bousbaa Castle, and other municipalities where farmers were harmed, after fires destroyed chicken coops, where numbers of livestock and even wild animals were killed, which caused the governor of the state, Mr. Samir Shaibani, to move within hours. Day and night, between the hotspots of fire in the various municipalities, to follow up on the firefighting operations, which are continuing with the continuous efforts of civil protection personnel, forest personnel, the People’s National Army, and workers of various other sectors, in addition to the masses of citizens, who issued distress calls to the rest of the states, while some local associations provided logistical support and provided cold water, medicine, and food in the mountains and forest areas. The burning tongues of fire caused damage in various regions of the state, which lost an important part of its forest cover. Over the past few days, Al-Nabati has been emitting thick smoke and forming black clouds, sending its ashes to fall in urban areas in nearby areas across all of the state’s municipalities, whose residents are living in a state of anxiety, confronted by the shouting of “Allahu Akbar” from mosques. Families evacuated from the shelter center in Virginia. Simultaneous fires sweep through six municipalities in Mila and destroy tens of hectares. The state of Mila witnessed a series of simultaneous fires that affected six municipalities, as civil protection services intervened to extinguish more than ten fires that broke out in forests, woodlands, and orchards of fruit trees, threatening homes and plastic houses for raising poultry. The fires resulted in the destruction of dozens of hectares of olive trees, hawthorn trees, and various fruit trees, at a time when the competent authorities attributed their outbreak to the significant rise in temperatures that exceeded 45 degrees Celsius during peak times, and required the intervention of public authorities, who harnessed enormous material and human resources to extinguish them and protect lives and property. The largest fires were recorded in the Karkos forest in the municipality of Al-Ayadi in Barbas, where the fire destroyed about 70 hectares of trees. Fruitful and forests. The extinguishing process took more than 20 hours, with the participation of several civil protection units and a mobile convoy to combat forest fires. Nine families were also evacuated to a shelter center in the municipality of Fergio, while saving homes and greenhouses for raising poultry. In the Budawood farm in the municipality of Tsala Lamati, the extinguishing efforts continued for more than a day and 17 hours, and ended with controlling the fire and saving homes, fruit trees and beehives, under the supervision of the governor of Mila. And the leadership of the Director of Civil Protection. Livestock died in a fire in Batna. On Tuesday evening, the Civil Protection Services were able to control the fire that broke out in the Mazwala area of the Al-Ma’athar Municipality in the state of Batna, after a large field operation in which the Civil Protection Units and the Forest Services participated, along with citizens and various stakeholders. The extinguishing process took place in extremely difficult climatic conditions, characterized by high temperatures and strong winds, which contributed to the expansion of the fire and made the tasks of the intervening teams difficult, before they were able to extinguish the fire. Containing the fire and preventing it from spreading to other areas. According to the preliminary outcome, the fire killed seven heads of livestock, in addition to the burning of three tents belonging to Bedouins and nomads, while no human losses were recorded. After the wave of fires… Skikda forests turn into rubble Vast areas of the forests of Skikda state turned into charred lands after the wave of fires that swept the state since July 17, causing significant environmental losses affecting forest cover, forests, and fruit trees, in light of a record heat wave that reached 49 degrees Celsius. The civil protection services counted more than 90 fires, at a rate of 15 fires per day, affecting 16 municipalities, most notably Umm al-Toub, Qenaoua, Ain Qara, al-Sharay’a, Khanaq Mayon, Ben Azouz and Ain Charchar, where strong winds and high temperatures contributed to the rapid spread of the flames and their expansion in area. Lieutenant Colonel Nassim Bernawi, Sub-Director of Media and Public Relations at the General Directorate of Civil Protection, confirmed in a statement from Skikda that the various units Operational convoys, mobile convoys and regional detachments, supported by firefighting aircraft from the Civil Protection and People’s National Army, continued their interventions to control the fires despite the rugged terrain and difficult climatic conditions. The fires left the citizen Maqoun Al-Rubaie missing in the Umm Al-Toub forests since last Friday, and dozens of people suffering from suffocation, in addition to the evacuation of a number of families to primary schools, especially in the municipalities of the eastern side of the state.
