In an assessment made at around 09:00, the GNR indicates that, in the district of Porto, motorway 43 (A43) is closed between Gondomar and the A41 and, also in Gondomar, the A41 is closed between Medas and Aguiar de Sousa.

In Aveiro, according to the GNR, there are two national roads (EN) completely closed, the EN16 between Cacia and Sever do Vouga, as well as the EN333 between Talhadas and Águeda.

In Viseu, there are total closures on the EN228 between Figueira Alva and Fermentel, on the EN231 between Vila Viçosa and Mourelos (Cinfães), on the N222 between Oliveira do Douro and Freigil and on the EN225 between Cabril and Pinheiros.

The same source told Lusa that this morning all roads were reopened in Vila Pouca de Aguiar, in the district of Vila Real, in Arganil (Coimbra), as well as in municipalities in the districts of Braga and Bragança, where some roads were closed or restricted on Tuesday and during the early hours of the morning due to the fires.

Seven people died and 40 were injured, two seriously, in the fires that have been raging since Sunday in the northern and central regions of the country, in the districts of Aveiro, Porto, Coimbra, Vila Real and Viseu, and which have destroyed dozens of houses and forced the closure of roads and motorways, such as the A1, A25 and A13.

The area that has been burned in mainland Portugal since Sunday exceeds 62 thousand hectares, according to the European Copernicus system, which shows that 47,376 hectares have already burned in the northern and central regions.

The government has already declared a state of emergency in all municipalities affected by the fires in recent days.

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