Algeria Forest Fires LIVE News | Wildfires Raging Through Eastern Algeria | Kills At Least 26 People Wildfires raging in the forests of eastern Algeria have killed 26 people, according to a “provisional report” by the north African country's interior minister. Most victims were reported in the Wilaya, or region, of El Tarf, near the northern Algerian-Tunisian border, where 24 people have been found dead, including eight of them on a public bus surprised by the flames as it was driving in a mountainous region. Video filmed from a road in the El Tarf region on Wednesday showed thick columns of smoke rising from a blaze. #algeria #forestwildfire #englishnews