On Saturday, the National Gendarmerie arrested the person responsible for the fires that broke out on Friday night in the Ish El-Baz forest in the Boulimat region of Bejaia Province.
According to a statement by the same authorities, the arrested suspect is called “TR.” He is 56 years old and originally from the province of Bejaia, while National Gendarmerie investigators are still working on the case of the fires, the statement adds.
On Saturday morning, Civil Protection had controlled most of the fires that broke out simultaneously in the Bejaia region on Friday evening, forcing the authorities to evacuate areas of the population, with the intervention of the army.
The protection services, which were supported by firefighting units brought in from neighboring states, succeeded in extinguishing most of the fires on Saturday morning, after intervention from firefighting aircraft, which are still carrying out water-spraying sorties to ensure the ground cools and the fires do not recur again.
The Civil Protection Services reported that no loss of life or material losses were recorded, and explained, in a statement, that there are only two fires that are still being dealt with by firefighting teams and aircraft, while the areas that have been controlled are being monitored and guarded, to prevent the return of the fires.
This allowed the National Gendarmerie units to announce the reopening of roads that were closed on Friday evening due to their proximity to fire areas, in order to preserve the safety of citizens. On Friday evening, the authorities began an emergency evacuation of residents, after a series of massive fires broke out in various areas in the state of Bejaia, in the east of the country.
The fire broke out suddenly and simultaneously in the region, and spread in a way that became a danger to the residents of several villages in Ouqas, Tishi, Toja, Boulimat, Saket Forest, Tizi Nebarbar, and in the Dargina region of Bejaia Province, and the fire reached the borders of populated towns and villages.
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