{"id":50142,"date":"2026-01-25T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=50142"},"modified":"2026-01-25T12:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T11:00:17","slug":"tragedy-in-medea-house-fire-claims-three-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=50142","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy in Medea: House Fire Claims Three Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Medea, Algeria<\/strong> \u2013 A devastating house fire in the Boughezoul municipality of Medea province resulted in the deaths of three individuals on Saturday. An additional four people sustained injuries, according to a statement released by the Civil Protection services.<\/p>\n<p>The incident, triggered by a butane gas leak and subsequent explosion, occurred at approximately 8:22 PM local time. The affected residence was a ground-floor dwelling located in the Belghouati area of Boughezoul, within the Chehbounia district.<\/p>\n<p>The Civil Protection statement confirmed the deaths of three females, aged 6, 50, and 90 years old. Their remains have been transported to the morgue at the local hospital.<\/p>\n<p><em>Four other individuals suffered burns of varying degrees<\/em>, with ages ranging from 30 months to 57 years. These injured parties were reportedly transported to medical facilities by private citizens before emergency services arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the gas leak and explosion to determine the precise cause of the tragic event. Further details will be released as the investigation progresses.<\/p>\n<p>The incident serves as a stark reminder of the potential dangers associated with gas appliances and the importance of ensuring proper maintenance and safety precautions.<\/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>Medea, Algeria \u2013 A devastating house fire in the Boughezoul municipality of Medea province resulted in the deaths of three individuals on Saturday. An additional four people sustained injuries, according to a statement released by the Civil Protection services.<\/p>\n<p>The incide&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50143,"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":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50142","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\/50142","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=50142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50144,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50142\/revisions\/50144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}