Portugal wildfires – in pictures
At least 62 people have been killed as huge forest fires swept through central Portugal. Many died in their cars as they tried to flee the flames. Several hundred firefighters and 160 vehicles were dispatched late on Saturday to tackle the blazes, which broke out in the municipality of Pedrógão Grande before spreading swiftly in several directions
-
A burned car at N236 road between Figueiro dos Vinhos and Castanheira de Pera, Pedrogao Grande
Photograph: Paulo Novais/EPA
-
A police officer stands by the body of a victim in Pedrógão
Photograph: Patrícia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images
-
A burnt-out car in Pedrógão, Leiria district
Photograph: Patrícia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images
-
Firefighters work to put out a fire near Bouça
Photograph: Rafael Marchante/Reuters
-
-
A wildfire is reflected in a river in Penela
Photograph: Patrícia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images
-
A Spanish Canadair fire fighting aircraft drops water over the Pedrogao Grande forest fire
Photograph: Miguel A. Lopes/EPA
-
A firefighter rests next to his vehicle in Penela
Photograph: Patrícia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images
-
Firefighters work to prevent a fire reaching the village of Avelar
Photograph: Armando Franca/AP
-
-
Firefighters work to prevent a fire from reaching the village of Avelar
Photograph: Armando Franca/AP
-
Firefighters work to put out a fire near Bouça
Photograph: Rafael Marchante/Reuters
-
The Portuguese president, Marcelo Rebelo (left), visits the emergency services’ command centre
Photograph: Paulo Cunha/EPA
-
Flames engulf a highway in Pedrógão
Photograph: Paulo Cunha/EPA
-
-
A distraught woman sits by a highway during a forest fire in Pedrógão
Photograph: Paulo Cunha/EPA
-
Smoke rises from a forest fire, seen from the village of Mourisco
Photograph: Reuters
