Nearly a month after wildfires blazed on the Portuguese island of Madeira, more fires have broken out in mainland Portugal . Seven people have reportedly died so far in the fires, which are spreading between the northern district of Aveiro and Porto .

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

Forest fires halted traffic on motorways in the Aveiro region of northern Portugal on Monday, as a series of blazes that began