Algeria mourns dozens killed in destructive fires
Flames erupted across northern Algeria on Thursday as the country observed a national day of mourning for dozens of people killed in recent forest fires to cover the Mediterranean.
The North African country has been gripping devastating fires since Monday that have claimed 69 lives - 41 civilians and 28 soldiers. Soldiers and civilian volunteers have joined firefighters on several fronts in an effort to put out the fires that are being blown by windy and dry dry conditions.
In the district of Tizi…