A man carries a sheep to safety during a fire at Boa Vista, Portugal, on Tuesday. Wildfires are raging across Portugal, Spain and France, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes and ravaging thousands of acres of land. Photo: IC Photo

A man tries to put out a fire in Boa Vista on Tuesday. Over 650 people have died from the heat over the past week in Portugal, the country’s Health Ministry said late on Saturday. Photo: IC Photo

A resident tries to put out embers on olive trees in Moinhos Joao da Serra, in Ourem, Portugala, on Wednesday. Photo: VCG

An aircraft drops water in a wildfire near Bustelo, north of Portugal, on Saturday. More than 1,000 firefighters, backed by 285 vehicles and 14 aircraft, are battling nine ongoing wildfires, according to Reuters. Photo: VCG

A firefighter pulls a hose in the village of Colmeias, near Leiria, central Portugal, on Wednesday. Photo: VCG

A car passes flames on Friday in Samos, Galicia, Spain. Over 30 separate fires are raging across Spain, with temperatures rocketing above 40 degrees Celsius in some places for several days already. Photo: VCG

People watch smoke billow from a wildfire behind Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain, on Friday. Temperatures in Spain have reached as high as 45.7 degrees Celsius. Photo: VCG

A woman watches thick plumes of smoke rising near a residential area in Alhaurin de la Torre, Malaga, Spain, on Saturday. Photo: VCG

A wildfire near Landiras, southwestern France, on Wednesday. Wildfires have devoured around 2,000 acres in the southwestern region of Gironde since Tuesday, and more than 14,000 people have been evacuated from the area, regional authorities said on Sunday afternoon. Photo: VCG

A firefighter works to contain a wildfire near Landiras, southwestern France, on Saturday. More than 1,200 firefighters were fighting to control the wildfires on Sunday, CNN reported. Photo: VCG

Firefighters try to extinguish flames at a forest fire in La Teste-de-Buch, France, on Sunday night. France has issued the highest state of alert for high temperatures in 15 departments across the country on Sunday. Photo: IC Photo