Colossal fires are burning through Siberia, home to one of the coldest places on Earth, during a record heat wave.

Fires have broken out all across the taiga, even in the northwest province of Karelia, which had to evacuate 600 people, according to the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry. The main region affected is the Sakha Republic, a large Russian province in eastern Siberia. Local emergency officials told the Associated Press on Sunday that there are 187 fires raging in Sakha alone.