Three Portuguese firefighters died on Tuesday in one of dozens of forest blazes ravaging the country's central and northern regions, bringing the death toll from the latest wildfires to seven people since Saturday,

More than 5,000 firefighters have been tackling wildfires that Portugal's Prime Minister has said are "raging across the country". Louis Montenegro named one firefighter who had died of "a sudden illness" while battling a blaze in Oliveira de Azeméis as João Silva.

At least four people have died as thousands of firefighters tackle wildfires in Portugal. Blazes have broken out as temperatures exceeded 30C over the weekend with baking conditions set to continue for the coming days.

Police in Brazil have launched an investigation into who caused the wildfires that destroyed 2,000 hectares of forest.

Firefighters have battled flames spreading through a national park in Brazil in the latest wildfire in the country which is experiencing an historic drought

Brazilian firefighters on Monday battled flames blazing through a nature reserve in the capital district of Brasilia, where an area the size of 3,000 football fields has already been destroyed.