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Portugal battles deadly forest fires
10 years agoA villager runs with a bucket to takle a wildfire in Soutelo near Macinhata do Vouga, central Portugal, on August 9 2016. More than 3,000 people have been battling to contain roughly 100 fires across the country with 12 major blazes leading to the evacuation of local residents overnight. FRANCISCO LEONG / AFP
Three people have died in raging forest fires on Portugal's holiday island of Madeira where flames damaged homes and a hotel and forced around 1,000 people to flee.