After record temperatures... Unprecedented fires sweep Algeria and Greece, and others break out in Turkey and Greece

Weather of Arabia - Sinan Khalaf - record highs and unusual temperatures recorded in the countries of northern Africa and western Europe, which caused an unprecedented wave of fires to break out in some countries on the shores of the Mediterranean, including Tunisia, Algeria, Turkey and Greece.

And both Tunisia and Algeria had recorded record temperatures, which touched 49 degrees Celsius in the capital, Algiers, which is the highest in the history of climate records, and it also touched 49 degrees Celsius in the capital, Tunis.

After historical temperatures

Unprecedented fires sweeping 16 states in Algeria, 34 dead so far

Unprecedented waves of fires broke out in the forests of Algeria. By the time this report was prepared, 34 people had died, including 10 soldiers who were caught in the fire while trying to control the fires, and 24 others were civilians.

Tunisia is alert and fears of the spread of fires

Tunisian attempts to control the fires near the border with Algeria

In Tunisia, a wave of fires broke out in the border areas adjacent to Algeria, and the total area of the burning area is estimated at 470 hectares of forests. The authorities evacuated 12 families to safer areas away from the places of fires. The border crossing with Algeria was closed temporarily, and travelers between the two countries were transferred to the Babouche crossing.

Türkiye announces the expansion of the fires

Strenuous efforts to control forest fires in 3 states

Turkey was not far from the wave of fires, as the Turkish authorities announced, at dawn today, Tuesday, that the forest fires had expanded to include 3 states in the south and west of the country, and the director of the Turkish Forestry Department said in a tweet last night, "We continue to fight forest fires in the regions of Kish, Kemer, and Tachagil in the state of Antalya, and in the village of Sarukhanli in the state of Manisa and Dolkadir Oglu in the state of Kahramanmaraş."

For his part, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called, yesterday, Monday, on citizens to be careful and not to light fires near the forests, stressing the participation of 24 aircraft, a hundred helicopters and 10 drones, in addition to 25,000 firefighters in fighting the fires.

Greece is carrying out the largest evacuation in its history

Evacuation of about 2,500 people from the island of Rhodes and the fires are out of control

In Greece, the authorities carried out the largest evacuation operation in its history due to the wave of fires sweeping the island of Rhodes, which included nearly 19,000 residents and tourists on the island of Rhodes, and the authorities warned of the possibility of fires spreading to large areas of the country in the coming days.