Wildfires have been raging in central and northern Portugal since 15 September, claiming at least five lives and injuring 182. The government decreed a day of national mourning on Friday to honour the victims of the fires. An estimated 122,380 hectares worth of land has burned in the blazes, according to the Portuguese Nature Conservation and Forestry Institute (ICNF). From this estimation, 60% was forest stands, 29% scrub forests and 11% agricultural crops. In Europe, Portugal is among the countries hardest hit by wildfires in recent years. Experts claim the recent disaster has been caused by…