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The heaviest toll was recorded in the province of Tamanrasset, with four people dead and nine injured in six road accidents, the same source said.

The Civil Protection units carried out 1003 interventions to put out 636 fires, particularly urban and industrial fires. The most significant incidents were reported in the provinces of Algiers (72 fires), Tlemcen (37) and Oran (28).[/ecr]