Seven people have lost their lives in more than 20 forest fires raging in Portugal since Sunday, with the number of injured at more than 50, according to the latest count from the civil protection agency ANEPC,

TEHRAN Tasnim ndash Portugal has received pledges of support from European partners as it battles forest fires that have killed two people authorities

The EU will send eight firefighting planes to Portugal to help the country tackle blazes in its north that have injured 12 firefighters, two seriously. Several fires broke out in the Aveiro region over the weekend, which have forced about 70 residents to flee, the civil protection authority has said.

Four people have lost their lives in the 23 forest fires raging in Portugal since Sunday, with the number of injured at 40, the latest count from the civil protection agency ANEPC showed, the Lusa news agency reported on Tuesday.

Emergency services have reported 90 active incidents in mainland Portugal, with 17 fires currently raging and 60 approaching their end stages.

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,

Deadly wildfires raging in Portugal have forced more people to evacuate their homes as crews battled dozens of blazes on Wednesday in the nation's north.

Thousands of firefighters on Tuesday battled wildfires in Portugal that have killed seven people and burnt more land in a matter of days than the rest of the summer combined.