Overview
- The blaze struck a children’s home in a suburb of Algiers, leaving eleven people dead and more than 20 injured with varying burn wounds.
- Firefighters carried out evacuations and rescue work while hospitals in Algiers and a specialized burn clinic in Zeralda treated the wounded.
- Forensic teams at Mustapha‑Bacha Hospital say some bodies were burned beyond recognition and that DNA identification will take several days.
- President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb have expressed condolences and visited patients in hospital as investigations continue.
- Officials note Algeria has been under a prolonged heat wave with hundreds of recent fires, a pattern that may shape the inquiry and raise questions about fire safety in institutions.