At least six people have been killed and around 25 others injured – mainly firefighters – during Portugal’s worst day of the year for forest fires.<br /><br />Around 500 blazes were reported in the country’s central and northern regions where a state of emergency has been declared.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Portugal is literally on fire! News reports over 300 fires (some say 400) started in one day!#PrayForPortugal pic.twitter.com/AtzFEkEvdZ— Trude Oiesvold (@trudeO1982) October 15, 2017<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Soaring temperatures of up to 36 degrees celsius have been recorded – extraordinary for mid-October.<br /><br />More than 100 fires were still burning late Sunday night with more than 5,000 firefighters battling the flames.<br /><br />The worst outbreak of Portugal’s fires in 2017 killed 64 people in June, with many dying on a road as they fled the rampant flames in their cars.<br /><br />Wildfires are also ravaging north west Spain where at least three people have been reported killed and two more are missing.<br /><br />The bodies of two victims were found in a van which had been travelling through burning woods in Pontevedra province.<br /><br />After a weekend in which more than 100 fires started in the region of Galicia, the city of Vigo has been described as being under siege from the flames. <br /><br /> Weather experts say the fires on the Iberian peninsula are being fanned by strong winds from Hurricane Ophelia.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />There’s about 90 active fires in NW Spain and N Portugal. https://t.co/o4gizYIlRW pic.twitter.com/Lw9Ic0U8Hl— mjos\dwez (@mjos_crypto) October 15, 2017<br />
