[9][10] At the same time, police has also arrested several people for suspected arson which, combined with the unusual weather and high temperature conditions, aggravated considerably the scale of the wildfires.

[11] At least nine people were killed due to the wildfires,[5] including three firefighters who were trapped inside a vehicle in Tábua,[12] and five civilians.

[13] Portuguese police found the body of a victim of the wildfires, who worked at a logging company and was helping rescuing material when the fire came.

[9] The mayor of Albergaria-a-Velha, António Loureiro, reported that four houses had burnt down and at least twenty more were in danger in the town's residential and industrial perimeters, requiring the evacuation of several districts.

Authorities also shut down several roadways close to ongoing wildfires and thick smoke, including sections of the main highway connecting Lisbon and Porto.