Forest fires in Algeria

About 55 hectares of forest and fruit trees were caught in the sea of ​​wildfire on September 2 in Tzarifet, near Tlemcen, the border area of ​​Algeria - Morocco.

According to the local government, although it was conquered in the evening of September 2, the forest fire did not identify this cause 55 ha of forest and fruit trees became dry firewood. The government said more than 550 hectares of forest were destroyed in Tlemcen within the past week. Forest fires from early summer to now in Algeria have made at least eight people dead and more than 20,000 hectares of crops and forests destroyed.

Meanwhile, in Greece, the fire fighting force is still trying to overpower the fires in the Peloponnese. According to government statistics, at least 64 people were killed in the last severe forest fire in the country.

Due to the severe consequences of forest fires, Greek Prime Minister Costas Caramanlis said he will deepen the forest monitoring and prevention system. The current system is ineffective, although this situation has been warned before the dry and hot months.

Picture 1 of Forest fires in Algeria
Forest fires in Algeria.

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Fire fighters in Karytena in the Peloponnese region, Greece on September 1.

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