DEVASTATING wildfires have been spreading across Portugal since September 14, causing widespread destruction, evacuations and seven deaths. Here we look at whether holidaymakers should postpone

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.

More than 5,000 personnel are battling a number of wildfires, the authorities said, and the prime minister called it an “extremely difficult weather situation.”