More than 100 wildfires stretched thousands of firefighters to the limit in northern Portugal on Wednesday (18 Sep.,), with seven deaths since the worst spate of fires in recent years spread out of control over the weekend.  

Authorities have prohibited the use of heavy farming equipment to reduce the risk of inadvertently starting a blaze.  

Among the hardest-hit areas is the district of Aveiro, south of the northern city of Porto, but several major blazes were also raging out of control in other wooded areas.  

IRDR and CBAS will continue the monitoring of the damage.