Algeria declares three days of mourning as wildfire death toll reaches 69
by AFP in Tizi Ouzou from Environment | The Guardian on (#5N7E6)
Scores of fires blaze across 17 provinces as calls made for aid convoys and Morocco and France offer help
Algeria's president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, has declared three days of national mourning amid the death toll from raging wildfires in the north of the country rising to 69.
The state-run news agency APS said the rash of more than 50 fires which broke out on Tuesday had claimed four more lives, bringing the total to 69, including 28 soldiers deployed to help the emergency services.
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