The Portuguese authority has announced there have been hundreds of wildfires across the country.

Hundreds of wildfires reported across Portugal

About 3,000 firefighters have being working on the forest fire extinguishing. The country has mobilized more than 1,000 vehicles, 16 fire plane in 515 blazes locations all over the world, including several fire has been burning for several days.

A firefighter tries to extinguish a wildfire

Earlier Portuguese police detained a carpenter who allegedly set fire to a forest in Braga, around 360 kilometers north of the Portuguese capital Lisbon.

The judiciary police said the 34-year-old suspect set the forest ablaze with a cigarette. Houses and factories nearby were not affected, but more than 50 hectares of forest were burned down.

The judiciary police in Portugal have detained 21 people for the crime of burning forests in 2016.