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charred corpses
Everything was looking normal on the east side of the AlgeriaBeaches, excursions and enjoying the magic of nature in the last days of summer, this is how the video images showed a state of comfort and tranquility on the beaches El Kala City Witch (most affected by fires).
It was only hours until the picture turned, of charred bodies that were transferred to hospitals in neighboring cities, and tweets of the families of the victims and the missing, who are still searching for their missing relatives who were on the spot at the moment of the disaster.
And on Thursday morning, the bodies of 5 victims from one family were found, from the municipality of Madawoush in the governorate Ahras marketThey found no way to escape following being surrounded by fire "Black Wednesday".
According to some testimonies collected by Sky News Arabia from citizens who live in the city of El Kala, the situation was normal until midday on Wednesday, reaching temperature To 50 degrees Celsius, with strong winds exceeding 100 kilometers per hour.
The former director of the National Barn of El Qala, Rafiq Baba Ahmed, who was a witness to the disaster, told Sky News Arabia: "We didn’t feel like today would turn into a big tragedy, things turned around at lightning speed".
Al-Qalah alone recorded 24 victims, some of whom were in tourist trip In the famous Rabatia park.
The former official in charge of the tourist park confirmed that what is rumored on social networking sites of complete burning "for the garden" This is incorrect, noting that the park’s condition is intact and does not witness any casualties, whether among the citizens or even the animals in the cages.
Baba Ahmed said: "As the scorching wind began to blow, the park was evacuated, and people fled to the national road linking El Kala andAnnabaAnd at a distance of one kilometer from the park, they were surrounded by fire, and most of the victims died of suffocation and there were those who were burned, including the victims of the bus that was carrying 8 people who were killed on the spot.".
Doomsday in Tarf
According to official sources’ statements to Sky News Arabia, the major fires that took place in the governorate TarfIn particular, the coastal city of El Kala was automatically extinguished by dawn on Thursday, and only one fire remained, which the city protection services, in cooperation with the army forces and forestry protection services, put out with the available material and human means.
The head of the Office of Protection and Prevention of Forest fires Rachida bin Abdullah for Sky News Arabia: "El Tarf governorate witnessed the outbreak of 17 fires, of which only one remained, while the 10 fires burning in Guelma governorate continue so far, while Souk Ahras governorate records 6 fires andSetif one fire".
The Algerian official described the fires in El Kala, in El Tarf governorate, as"Doomsday"And he said: "We were feeling that things were going under control, since the fires in the area began to erupt at dawn on Tuesday, we got used to dealing with it and it was not dangerous, but this time the wind changed the equation and it became impossible to control it even if the most powerful aviation equipment was brought to fight the fires".
The Minister of Interior, Kamal Baljoud, stated that the non-interference of the chartered plane from Russia would put out fires The eruption is due to a technical glitch 3 days ago, and it was fixed on Saturday.
Given the dense forested nature of the area and the quality of trees found in the mountains of the eastern cities of Algeria, especially trees "caltos" Inflaming quickly, the sky of those cities at lightning speed turned red amid strong winds and dust, which darkened the vision and created a state of panic among the people.
Meteorological warnings
Several states of the country experienced a severe heat wave that reached 45 degrees, which prompted the interests of civil protection and forest protection to issue several warnings to citizens over the past week, to take caution and protect forests, in conjunction with the occurrence of several private fires in the east and north-east of the country.
Weather experts have warned of High temperatures A degree across the entire Algerian territory, during the summer season of 2022, a cinema in the El Tarf region andConstantine AndBejaia Guelma, Mila, the capital andSkikda.
A weather expert who specializes in meteorology andThe environmentSheikh Farhat, to Sky News Arabia: "Temperatures have started in July and all reports were indicating that August will witness the highest temperatures that will begin to decrease gradually in late September".
Relief convoys start
The tragic events brought back memories of last year’s events in the Kabylie region, which killed 69 people, including 28 soldiers, and caused massive damage to the forested areas.
Convoys began preparing to move towards relief of the affected areas, as several civil society associations announced the organization of convoys of material and human assistance, and columns of truck regiments moved. Fire-fighting of the Civil Protection from the south and west towards the eastern cities of Algeria.
as shape Algerian Red Crescent A crisis cell, to count the damage caused by fires in the affected areas, and to inspect the aid distribution process.
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charred corpses
Everything was looking normal on the east side of the AlgeriaBeaches, excursions and enjoying the magic of nature in the last days of summer, this is how the video images showed a state of comfort and tranquility on the beaches El Kala City Witch (most affected by fires).
It was only hours until the picture turned, of charred bodies that were transferred to hospitals in neighboring cities, and tweets of the families of the victims and the missing, who are still searching for their missing relatives who were on the spot at the moment of the disaster.
And on Thursday morning, the bodies of 5 victims from one family were found, from the municipality of Madawoush in the governorate Ahras marketThey found no way to escape following being surrounded by the “Black Wednesday” fire.
According to some testimonies collected by Sky News Arabia from citizens who live in the city of El Kala, the situation was normal until midday on Wednesday, reaching temperature To 50 degrees Celsius, with strong winds exceeding 100 kilometers per hour.
“We did not feel that today would turn into a great tragedy, things turned at lightning speed,” the former director of the national barn, Rafiq Baba Ahmed, who was a witness to the disaster, told Sky News Arabia.
Al-Qalah alone recorded 24 victims, some of whom were in tourist trip In the famous Rabatia park.
The former official of the tourist park confirmed that what is rumored on social media regarding the complete burning of the “garden” is incorrect, noting that the park’s condition is intact and does not witness any casualties, whether among citizens or even animals in cages.
Baba Ahmed said: “As the scorching winds began to blow, the park was evacuated, and people fled to the national road linking El Kala andAnnabaAnd at a distance of one kilometer from the park, they were surrounded by fire, and most of the victims died of suffocation, and there were those who were burned, including the victims of the bus that was carrying 8 people who were killed on the spot.”
Doomsday in Tarf
According to official sources’ statements to Sky News Arabia, the major fires that took place in the governorate TarfIn particular, the coastal city of El Kala was automatically extinguished by dawn on Thursday, and only one fire remained, which the city protection services, in cooperation with the army forces and forestry protection services, put out with the available material and human means.
The head of the Office of Protection and Prevention of Forest fires Rachida bin Abdullah told Sky News Arabia: “Al-Taref governorate witnessed the outbreak of 17 fires, of which only one fire remained, while the 10 fires burning in Guelma governorate continue so far, while Souk Ahras governorate records 6 fires andSetif One fire.
The Algerian official described the fires in El Kala, in El Tarf Governorate, as “DoomsdayHe said, “We felt that things were going under control, since the fires in the area began to erupt at dawn on Tuesday, we got used to dealing with it and it was not dangerous, but the wind this time changed the equation and it became impossible to control it even if the strongest was brought in.” Aviation equipment for firefighting.
The Minister of Interior, Kamal Baljoud, stated that the non-interference of the chartered plane from Russia would put out fires The eruption is due to a technical glitch 3 days ago, and it was fixed on Saturday.
Due to the dense forested nature of the area and the quality of the trees found in the mountains of the eastern cities of Algeria, especially the fast-inflaming “caltos” trees, the sky of those cities at lightning speed turned red amid strong winds and dust that darkened the vision and created a state of panic among the people.
Meteorological warnings
Several states of the country experienced a severe heat wave that reached 45 degrees, which prompted the interests of civil protection and forest protection to issue several warnings to citizens over the past week, to take caution and protect forests, in conjunction with the occurrence of several private fires in the east and north-east of the country.
Weather experts have warned of High temperatures A degree across the entire Algerian territory, during the summer season of 2022, a cinema in the El Tarf region andConstantine AndBejaia Guelma, Mila, the capital andSkikda.
A weather expert who specializes in meteorology andThe environmentSheikh Farhat told Sky News Arabia: “The temperatures have started in July, and all reports indicate that August will witness the highest temperatures that will begin to decrease gradually in late September.”
Relief convoys start
The tragic events brought back memory to the events of last year in the Kabylie region, in which 69 people were killed, including 28 soldiers, and which left extensive damage to the forested areas.
Convoys began preparing to move towards relief of the affected areas, as several civil society associations announced the organization of convoys of material and human assistance, and columns of truck regiments moved. Fire-fighting of the Civil Protection from the south and west towards the eastern cities of Algeria.
as form Algerian Red Crescent A crisis cell, to count the damage caused by fires in the affected areas, and to inspect the aid distribution process.
