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

Trees 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