Algeria: 25 soldiers killed while battling wildfires
President says troops helped rescue 100 stricken Algerians from flames
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Algiers: Twenty-five soldiers have been killed battling fires ravaging northern Algeria over the last 24 hours, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said on Twitter on Tuesday.
“It is with great sadness that I have learned of the martyrdom of 25 soldiers after they were successful in rescuing around 100 citizens from the flames in the mountains of Bejaia and Tizi Ouzou,” the president said on his official Twitter account.