Algeria's Prime Minister: Every Burnt Tree Shall Be Replaced

On Friday Huge fire broke out in Algeria, which swept through extensive areas of Algerian cities.

Algeria's Prime Minister Abdelaziz Jarad commented that "We will replace every burnt or lost tree."

Jared tweeted: Our Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, told us that we have to refurbish the earth, and not to spoil it after reforming it.

Jared also mentioned in his tweet that the prophet Mohamed said in a hadith: “If the hour comes and one of you has a seed in the hand. If she/he can plant it, then they need to do so.”

Jared stressed that forests are an economic and environmental capital for all Algerians, stressing that they should not be abandoned.

The minister continued: "We will face natural fires with afforestation, and every tree lost we will be replaced."

The minister added: "If the investigations proved that the fire was deliberate and intentional, we will not tolerate the doers."

The minister showed appreciation to the civil protection men and forest guards for containing the fire before spreading further.

The Civil Protection Authority in Algeria announced in a statement that two people died in the fires spread in the forests of Corraya in Tipaza on Saturday.

The authority stated that the Civil Protection Units are working to extinguish the remnants of the fire at the level of Tipasa state, with the support of the National Unit for Training and Intervention in Casablanca.

It also confirmed that the units put out several fires that broke out in several villages, in the roundabout of Mahaba, Saadouneh, Amlhain, Eshorn and Eze.

The Civil Protection indicated that 10 people suffocated by the fires' smoke were evacuated in Goraia, and 3 families of 15 people were evacuated to Naftal camp, confirming the death of two victims, trapped by the fire.