In brief
In the early hours of Thursday, a fire erupted in a foster care home in Algiers, Algeria, killing eleven people and injuring nineteen others. Firefighters struggled to contain the blaze at 06:50 local time, as heatwave conditions have spurred nearly 1,000 fires across the country in just a week. Authorities have not yet released ages of those affected, but special‑needs residents were secured and relocated to safety. Prime Minister Sïfi visited two hospitals to see injured patients, underscoring the state's response to the tragedy.
Eleven people have died in a fire at a foster care facility in Algiers, Algeria’s capital city.
The civil protection department confirmed that 19 other people were injured during the blaze, which firefighters were still trying to extinguish at 06:50 local time (05:50 GMT) on Thursday morning.
Authorities have not specified the ages of those killed or injured. Among the wounded were five people with special needs who were moved to safe locations.
Algeria has been experiencing a severe heatwave for several days, and the country recorded almost 1,000 fires in the past week.
Prime Minister Sïfi visited two hospitals in Algiers to see people injured in the fire, and a photograph on state media showed him beside a patient in a hospital bed.
