00:01Eleven people killed in a fire at an Algerian orphanage were laid to rest on Thursday at a ceremony in
00:08Bakari, on the outskirts of Algiers.
00:12Members of Algeria's civil defence carried the flag-draped coffins to the gravesite.
00:19Prime Minister Sifirib and other government officials were among the mourners.
00:24The ages of the victims have not been released, but President Abdelmajid Tebboun said several children were among the dead.
00:35Nineteen others were injured in the blaze that began overnight on Tuesday in the Mahamadiyah suburb of Algiers.
00:43An investigation into the cause of the fire is underway.
00:48Algeria has been experiencing a heatwave that sparked nearly a thousand fires in the space of a week.
00:57Authorities say they're looking into additional safety measures to protect vulnerable facilities during periods of extreme heat.
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