The 2016 Portugal wildfires are a series of wildfires that burned across mainland Portugal and the Madeira archipelago in the north Atlantic Ocean during August 2016 that prompted the evacuation of more than one thousand people[3] and destroyed at least 37 homes near Funchal on Madeira island.

Flights were also disrupted at Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport due to high levels of smoke.

An emergency was declared in Portugal's northern Norte Region as firefighters battled numerous wildfires.

Though still burning in several fronts, the fire was, according to Madeira's regional president Miguel Albuquerque, "under control".

[11] Russia is also expected to send air help due to a bilateral agreement between the two countries.