[ecr]

The heaviest toll was recorded in the province of Sétif, with 4 people killed and 62 injured in 49 road accidents.

In addition, the Civil Protection units carried out 878 interventions to extinguish 527 fires, particularly urban and industrial fires, the worst of which were recorded in the wilayas of Algiers (64 fires), Tlemcen (29) and Blida (27), added the same source.

According to the same report, 5,761 interventions were carried out by Civil Protection units during the same period to rescue 600 people in danger, as well as 4,940 other assistance operations. [/ecr]