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Heavy toll from road accidents and severe weather across Algeria

The Civil Protection services have reported a high number of emergencies over the last 24 hours nationwide. Road traffic accidents resulted in 11 fatalities and 260 injuries, with the most severe incident occurring in Jijel, where three people died following a collision between a car and a bulldozer. Additionally, a gas explosion in a building in Reghaia led to one death and four injuries. Severe weather conditions also prompted rescue operations, including the evacuation of 20 women from a flooded Quranic school in Sidi Bel Abbes, as well as the recovery of several vehicles trapped by floodwaters in Sidi Bel Abbes, Tlemcen, and Bechar. Furthermore, crews extinguished 15 fires affecting vegetation and structures. Overall, the Civil Protection units carried out 3,180 interventions during this period.