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The death toll from forest fires across northern Algeria has risen to at least 38, according to Ennahar television.
The fire service said most of the deaths were in the El Tarf region near the eastern border with Tunisia.
This is where blazes have been fanned by drought and a blistering heatwave.
Since the start of August, 106 fires have broken out in Algeria, destroying more than 2,500 hectares of forests and woodlands.
Algeria is Africa’s largest country but it only has 4.1 million hectares (10.1 million acres) of the forest. Each year, the north of the country is affected by forest fires, a problem that has worsened due to climate change.
Last year, at least 90 people died in forest fires that destroyed more than 100,000 hectares of woodland in the northern region of the country.
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