'It's unbelievable': Businesses and homes destroyed in Portugal wildfires

A man was killed while helping fight wildfires that have been scorching Portugal, the country's civil protection service said Wednesday, bringing the death toll from the fires to three.

The man, who worked for a company hired to help the northern municipality of Mirandela fight the fires, died in an accident involving construction equipment that was being used to contain the flames, commander Paulo Santos of the National Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) stated.

Around 15 people were also injured -- one critically -- while fighting fires Tuesday near the central city of Sabugal, where two water-bombing airplanes sent by Sweden through the EU's civil protection agency were deployed.