11 children dead, 19 injured in orphanage fire in Algeria

Nation/WorldPublished: Jul. 17, 2026, 3:35 a.m.Policemen stand outside the fire damaged orphanage in Mohammedia, near Algiers, Algeria, Thursday, July 16, 2026. (AP Photo)AP Photo/STRA fire at an orphanage near the Algerian capital on Thursday killed 11 children and injured 19 others.“We heard screams and voices coming from the burning orphanage, and then I saw that the flames had begun to engulf the place and the girls were inside. I ran out without a shirt on,’’ Yassin Ibrize, who lives nearby, said.“I did everything I could to save as many people as possible. And thank God, I saved three girls.’’Algeria’s Civil Protection agency said the fire broke out around 3:30 a.m. at the two-story childcare institution in Mohammedia.The ages of the victims have not been released by authorities, who