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The heaviest toll was recorded in the province of M'sila, where 6 people were killed and 79 injured in 40 road accidents, said the same source.

During the same period, Civil Protection personnel carried out 827 interventions to extinguish 507 fires, notably urban and industrial ones, the largest of which were recorded in Algiers, Oran and Annaba.

The same rescue services also carried out 6,004 interventions to save 494 people and performed 5,098 various assistance operations.[/ecr]