Aveiro, Portugal - September 16, 2024 More than 5,000 firefighters have been tackling the wildfires that Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said are raging across the country. Video ...

Reuters footage showed local residents pouring buckets of water on advancing flames near the town of Nelas about 50 km (31 miles) east of Aveiro. There were 48 active wildfires in mainland ...

Firefighters tackling deadly wildfires in central and northern Portugal had doused the flames in the Aveiro district, one of the worst-hit, as of Thursday, and were focusing on eight large blazes ...

At least seven people have died after wildfires in the Aveiro and Viseu areas of Portugal, although cooler weather has helped tackle the flames. Dozens of homes have been destroyed and tens of ...

Several fires that broke out in the Aveiro region over the weekend forced ... Portugal and neighbouring Spain have recorded fewer wildfires this year, largely due to a wet and rainy start to ...

Fanned by bellowing winds in the stifling heat, the three biggest fires concentrated in the northern Aveiro region scorched some 10,000 hectares (24,700 acres) by Monday evening, according to a ...

This article was originally featured in The Conversation. Wildfires are becoming increasingly destructive across the U.S., as the country is seeing in 2024. Firefighters were battling large blazes ...

Thousands of firefighters on Tuesday battled wildfires in Portugal that have ... the three largest fires concentrated in the northern Aveiro region scorched some 10,000 hectares (24,700 acres ...