Wildfires were raging in the Aveiro region in central Portugal on Monday, September 16,
killing one firefighter and causing evacuations and traffic disruptions, local media
said.Footage filmed by Duarte Barreto, an airline pilot, shows huge clouds of smoke covering the Aveiro region in the area of the town of Albergaria-a-Velha.Several roads
were closed in the area and people working in businesses in the industrial zone of Aveiro
were evacuated.Portugal’s prime minister, Luis Montenegro,
said on Monday that one firefighter had died while battling the fire in Oliveira de Azem