Four people have died and 13 others injured in a landslide in the western Algerian coastal city of Oran, officials confirmed on Sunday.
The landslide happened late Saturday in the Hai Essanouber district, the civil defence agency said. The victims who perished were between five and 43 years old, while the injured were between 12 and 75 years old.
The interior ministry said the landslide led to the collapse of five tin houses in the hit area. Authorities said no people are left missing and proclaimed the death toll as final.
No information has been given yet by officials on the cause of the landslide.
Oran, a major city on Algeria’s Mediterranean coast, is densely populated, and such natural disasters often result in serious casualties, particularly in the vulnerable housing zones. Rescue operations were quickly executed, and all the victims were accounted for.
