Civil Protection Units intervention results between May 7 and 9, 2026 (in the last 48 hours)
Between May 7th and 9th, 2026 (until 8:00 AM), Civil Protection units recorded 5,873 interventions (an average of one intervention every 29 seconds), including 3,599 medical evacuations and 965 other operations, across several provinces of the country. These interventions followed distress calls from citizens and covered various areas of Civil Protection activity, including traffic accidents, domestic accidents, medical evacuations, firefighting, and security operations.
Civil Protection units responded to a wide range of calls for assistance from citizens across several provinces of the country. In the context of traffic accidents, Civil Protection units carried out 353 interventions following numerous accidents across several provinces of the country. These accidents resulted in 12 deaths at the scene and injuries to 432 others, with varying degrees of severity. The victims received on-site treatment and were then transported by our services to local hospitals. The most serious incident occurred in Tiaret province, where four people died and two others were injured in a collision between two vehicles on Provincial Road 77, in the municipality of Rchaïguia, Hammadia district. The victims received on-site treatment and were then transferred to the local polyclinic.
Civil Protection services intervened to provide first aid to five (5) people suffering from the onset of asphyxiation due to inhaling carbon monoxide (CO) gas emitted from heating appliances and water heaters in their homes in the following provinces: Setif (3 people), Constantine (1 person), and Medea (1 person). The victims were treated at the scene and then transferred in stable condition to local health centers.
Civil Protection personnel in M’Sila province also intervened to rescue and provide first aid to four (4) children (three girls and one boy) aged between 10 and 18 years old, after they fell into the “Qasbah” valley and were swept away by the flash floods in the municipality and district of M’Sila.
The children were then transferred to the local hospital. In addition to the intervention of the Civil Protection services in Mostaganem province to recover and transport the body of a child who drowned in the Wadi Kramis dam in the municipality of Ouled Boughalem, Achaacha district, the victim’s body was transferred to the morgue of the local hospital.
It should be noted that the Civil Protection services intervened to extinguish seven urban and other fires in the provinces of Algiers (one fire, resulting in second-degree burns to one woman); M’Sila (one fire, resulting in two people suffering from respiratory distress); Jijel (two fires, resulting in six people suffering from respiratory distress); Tipaza (two fires, resulting in five people suffering from respiratory distress); and Ouargla (one fire, with no casualties). The victims were treated at the scene and then transported to local health centers.
It is worth mentioning that our emergency services’ intervention enabled us to control these fires and prevent their spread to neighboring areas.