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.

Portugal has brought under control the remaining forest fires it battled this week in the north of the country, rescuers said on Friday.

In a relentless battle against the wildfires ravaging Portugal, the second day of operations saw two Canadair aircraft from Italy's Corpo Nazionale dei Vigili del Fuoco once again taking to the skies,

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,

Portugal's firefighters have mastered most of the deadly forest fires in the north of the country, according to official data on Thursday.