{"id":18865,"date":"2025-11-10T14:11:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T13:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=18865"},"modified":"2025-11-10T14:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T13:11:11","slug":"traffic-accidents-claim-12-lives-in-48-hours-across-algeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=18865","title":{"rendered":"Traffic Accidents Claim 12 Lives in 48 Hours Across Algeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Algiers, Algeria<\/strong> \u2013 Twelve people have died and 455 others were injured in a series of traffic accidents across several Algerian provinces in the last 48 hours, according to a report released Saturday by the Civil Protection services.<\/p>\n<p>The deadliest incident occurred in the Medea province, where a collision between two vehicles on National Route 8 in the municipality of El Azizia resulted in two fatalities and eight injuries. The Civil Protection teams responded to the scene, providing immediate assistance and transferring the injured to local hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>In separate incidents, Civil Protection units were dispatched to extinguish two fires in the provinces of Mila and M&#8217;Sila. Details regarding the cause of these fires are still under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in Setif, paramedics from the Civil Protection provided first aid to three individuals who suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning. The victims were reportedly affected by fumes emanating from a water heater inside their home. Authorities are urging residents to ensure proper ventilation and regular maintenance of heating appliances to prevent similar incidents.<\/p>\n<p>The Civil Protection services also reported significant activity in combating wildfires. During the same 48-hour period, firefighters successfully extinguished 40 fires across various provinces, preventing further damage to forests, scrubland, agricultural crops, and palm groves. <em>The ongoing efforts to contain and prevent wildfires remain a top priority for the authorities, especially during the dry season.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Authorities are appealing to drivers to exercise caution on the roads and adhere to traffic regulations to minimize the risk of accidents. <strong>An investigation is underway to determine the causes of the reported traffic incidents.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">More Algeria articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algiers, Algeria \u2013 Twelve people have died and 455 others were injured in a series of traffic accidents across several Algerian provinces in the last 48 hours, according to a report released Saturday by the Civil Protection services.<br \/>\nThe deadliest incident occurred in the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":10,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18867,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18865\/revisions\/18867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}