Wildfires ravaging northern Portugal – in pictures
Since last week, wildfires have been raging in central and northern Portugal. At least seven people have died and 50 have been injured. More than 5,000 firefighters have been mobilised to battle the blazes
by Joe Mee · the GuardianTrees burn in Talhadas, in the Aveiro district of Portugal on Wednesday. Wildfires in the Aveiro district, as well as in those of Porto, Vila Real and Viseu, have led to dozens of houses being destroyed and roads closures
Photograph: Estela Silva/EPA
A burnt forest in Lourizela, Aveiro
Photograph: Patrícia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images
Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze outside Sever do Vouga, a town in northern Portugal that has been surrounded by fire for several days
Photograph: Bruno Fonseca/AP
The remains of a burnt house in Vila Maior, in São Pedro do Sul, central Portugal, on Wednesday
Photograph: Paulo Novais/EPA
A fire near the city of Águeda on Wednesday
Photograph: Pedro Nunes/Reuters
People leave their houses as a wildfire approaches in Veiga, in the Águeda district, on Tuesday
Photograph: Pedro Nunes/Reuters
A wildfire burns near Doninhas on Tuesday
Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters
People watch a Spanish Canadair waterbombing plane flying over a fire at Pateira de Fermentelos, Águeda, on Tuesday. Portugal has asked the EU to send more firefighting planes to help control the blazes
Photograph: Patrícia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire on a road in Junqueiro, Águeda, on Tuesday
Photograph: Pedro Nunes/Reuters
A police officer stands near a wildfire along a highway near Freixiosa, Viseu, on Tuesday
Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters
A woman tries to put out flames encroaching on her house in Vilarinho, Aveiro, on Tuesday
Photograph: Pedro Nunes/Reuters
A wildfire rages around houses at Soalhães in Marco de Canaveses on Tuesday
Photograph: Octávio Passos/Getty Images
Villagers and firefighters battle a wildfire in Busturenga, Sever do Vouga, on Monday
Photograph: Diogo Baptista/Sopa/Rex/Shutterstock
Firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire in Canas de Senhorim on Monday
Photograph: Pedro Nunes/Reuters
A man tries to fight a wildfire in Penalva do Castelo, Viseu, on Monday
Photograph: Pedro Nunes/Reuters
A Nasa satellite photograph taken on Monday shows columns of smoke from the fires. Fossil fuel emissions are worsening the length, frequency and intensity of heatwaves across the world, leading to longer wildfire seasons and increasing the area burned
Photograph: Nasa Aqua/Modis/AFP/Getty Images
Villagers combat a wildfire in Busturenga, Aveiro, on Monday
Photograph: Patrícia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images
People watch a forest fire in Silvares, Fundão, on 13 September
Photograph: Miguel Pereira Da Silva/EPA