Thousands of firefighters tackling deadly wildfires in central and northern Portugal had largely doused the flames in the Aveiro district, one of the worst-hit, as of Thursday morning, and were focusing on a dozen blazes still raging elsewhere.

More than 100 wildfires stretched thousands of firefighters to the limit in northern Portugal on Wednesday, in the worst spate of fires in recent years.

STORY: Deadly wildfires ravaging Portugal have pushed emergency services to the limit. Desperately-needed reinforcements will arrive from Spain and Morocco on Wednesday (September 18), the civil protection authority said.