### [2021-08-10](/feed/2021/08/10/index.md)

##### Wildfire
# Wildfires continue in Tizi Ouzou Province, Algeria, killing 25 soldiers during rescue operations, bringing the death toll to 32. 

The interior ministry said earlier that fires raging east of the capital Algiers had killed at least 7 civilians.


### Sources:

1. [Al Jazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/10/algeria-wildfire-death-toll-rises-as-25-soldiers-killed) [Image](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/000_9KW8FR.jpg?resize=1200%2C630)

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