Firefighters work to put out a forest fire in the Rio Maior area in Portugal. Authorities in Portugal said they hoped to bring under control a wildfire that has burned for 12 days and burnt large swaths of pine forest in the Serra da Estrela Natural Park. However, officials warned a new heat wave forecast for the area could complicate the task.
A firefighter walks near a forest fire in the Rio Maior area in Portugal.
A firefighter works to put out a forest fire in the Rio Maior area in Portugal.
People look out towards a nearby forest fire in the Landal district of Caldas da Rainha in Portugal.
A firefighter works to put out a forest fire in the Rio Maior area in Portugal.
A firefighting helicopter flies over a forest fire in the Landal district of Caldas da Rainha in Portugal.
A firefighter helicopter works above a wildfire advances in Viver, eastern Spain. The European Forest Fire Information System says 275,000 hectares (679,000 acres) have burned in wildfires so far this year in Spain. That's more than four times the country's annual average of 67,000 hectares (165,000 acres) since 2006, when records began.
A helicopter launches water as a wildfire advances in Viver, eastern Spain.
A burned hillside during a wildfire near Bejis, eastern Spain.
A partially charred building during a wildfire near Bejis, eastern Spain.
Clouds of smoke cover the sky during a wildfire near Bejis, eastern Spain.
A charred sign during a wildfire near Bejis, eastern Spain.
