Neighboring Nations are sending aid to Algeria’s strained firefighting forces that have been battling since Monday against the blazes that spread across the Kabyle regions, killing at least 69 people.
Tunisia was the first to send a fire-fighting helicopter to Algeria, but the country itself is now facing a spreading fire that has destroyed at least 1,100 hectares of trees and caused the explosion of 22 mines as temperatures across North Africa soar.
King Mohammed VI ordered the Foreign and Interior ministry to offer Algeria two Canadairs late Wednesday. But Algeria hasn’t taken up the offer.
In Europe, France’s Emmanuel Macron posted a tweet where he said that he would send Algeria two Canadairs and a command plane that will be deployed in Kabylia starting from today.
The European Union delegation in Algiers said it would dispatch 350 food ration kits transported to the affected areas.
Larbaâ Nath Irathen town in Tizi Ouzou took the strongest hit, where dozens of civilians and soldiers lost their lives and entire villages were wiped out by the flames.
The Ministry of Interior Kamel Beldjoudi previously vowed to equip Civil Protection with more effective means to fight fires, but Algeria is now battling the blazes without modern aerial firefighting Canadairs aircrafts.
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