Wildfires in northeastern Algeria on Wednesday killed 12 people, the interior minister said.
"Five deaths were recorded in the prefecture of Jijel, four in that of Bejaia and three in that of Tizi Ouzou," Interior Minister Said Sayoud said on television.
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