More than two dozen soldiers who were fighting the fires are among the dead.
Wildfires in the forested mountains of northern Algeria have killed at least 65 people since Monday, according to Algerian state media, the latest blazes to erupt around the Mediterranean during an intense heat wave that has also helped ignite deadly fires in Greece and Turkey. Though the army has been deployed to help fight the fires, local media reported that at least 86 blazes had yet to be contained across 17 different provinces of the country. Wednesday’s updated death toll, was up from 42 soldiers and civilians on Tuesday.
