Algeria: Forest Wildfires – Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA), DREF Operation n° MDRDZ008 – Algeria

A. Situation analysis

Description of the disaster

More than 100 fires raged in north-eastern Algeria on the night of Sunday, August 14, 2022, affecting 14 governorates (Wilayas): Bejaia, Jijel, Souk Ahras, El Taref, Setif, Skikda, tipaza, tizi-ouzou, Guelma, Batna, Mila, Annaba, Constantine and Bordj Bou Arrerid.

The fires did not affect inhabited areas in some wilayas, while in others, the number of…