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Forest fires first took hold in the Portuguese mainland on Friday and on the island of Madeira, off the north-west African coast, on Monday. Aerial footage shows the aftermath of deadly wildfires in Madeira which left three dead and forced the evacuation of. Firefighters work through the night to tackle the final wildfires on the Portuguese island of Madeira.

The head of Madeira's regional government, Miguel Albuquerque, said.

Fire service officials said Madeira's steep hills and dense woodland. NASA satellites began to detect large numbers of fires on the Portuguese island of Madeira on August2016. The biggest fire on Madeira broke out on Monday and rapidly encroached on the residential outskirts of Funchal, home to about 11000.