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

Several people have lost their lives in forest fires that have been raging in Portugal since the weekend. Thousands of firefighters have been deployed to combat the flamesThree firefighters died Tuesday as dozens of wildfires raged in the central and northern regions of Portugal.