


Fire at orphanage in Algeria kills 11 and wounds 19
Baku, July 16, AZERTAC
A fire burning at an orphanage in a suburb of the Algerian capital has killed at least 11 people and injured 19, the country's civil defence said Thursday.
The civil defence was "continuing efforts to put out the fire" in the Mohammadia district of Algiers, with the cause of the blaze unknown.
"The provisional toll is 11 dead," it said, without specifying the age of the victims.
National television showed Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb visiting the wounded in hospital.
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