Portugal has brought under control the remaining forest fires it battled this week in the north of the country, rescuers said on Friday.More than 120,000 hectares across Portugal had been burnt by wildfires since the start of the year,

Nearly a month after wildfires blazed on the Portuguese island of Madeira, more fires have broken out in mainland Portugal . Seven people have reportedly died so far in the fires, which are spreading between the northern district of Aveiro and Porto .

More than 100 wildfires are stretching thousands of firefighters to the limit in northern Portugal. The country’s worst spate of fires in recent years is blamed for seven deaths since they spread out of control over the weekend.

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 still raging elsewhere.

Portugal's firefighters have mastered most of the deadly forest fires in the north of the country, according to official data Thursday.But there has been extensive damage in the north and centre of the country,

Forest fires halted traffic on motorways in the Aveiro region of northern Portugal on Monday, as a series of blazes that began

Fire services in the town of Arouca, near Porto, described the situation as “uncontrollable” as they fought three separate blazes. Margarida Belém, president of the local chamber, said that 15 villages in the area were isolated because of the fires.

Portugal’s firefighters have mastered most of the deadly forest fires in the north of the country, according to official data on Thursday.And improving weather conditions

Portuguese police have arrested 14 suspected arsonists this week, who may have set some of the dozens of deadly wildfires raging across the country, contributing to the fire risks stemming from climate change and rural depopulation.

On the day that a wildfire threatened his village in Portugal, Alexandre Santos was left on his own to try to save his livestock warehouse from the flames.