Algeria’s civil protection units recorded 6,521 interventions from October 15 until 8 a.m. on October 17. These included 4,292 medical evacuations and 1,084 other operations, following calls for help from residents in several provinces.
Rescuers responded to 429 road crashes. Fourteen people died at the scenes and 545 others sustained injuries of varying severity. The injured received assistance at the scene and were taken to local hospitals.
In the provinces of Saida, Naama, Tiaret and Blida, 13 people suffered carbon monoxide poisoning from heating devices and water heaters. Rescuers gave them first aid and transferred them to local hospitals in stable condition.
Four urban and other fires were extinguished in the provinces of Laghouat, Skikda, Khenchela and In Guezzam. A car fire on National Road 1 in Laghouat left one person with second-degree burns. Rescuers prevented the fires from spreading to nearby areas.
During the same period, crews put out 44 fires involving vegetation in several provinces: one forest fire, five in scrubland, 13 in brush, 10 among fruit trees, 11 involving hay bales and stacks, and four in palm groves. The response prevented the fires from spreading further.
Heavy rain also prompted rescue operations in the provinces of Timimoun, Adrar and El Bayadh. In Timimoun, crews rescued 120 sheep trapped by rising water in the Oued Amguiden area. In El Bayadh, they pulled a truck with a trailer and a car out of mud near Oued Tefrihet in the municipality of El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh.
