Another example of this is the Nizhniy Novgorod region, just 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of Moscow, which has been hit hard by the heat wave and fire. At least 36 people, including 7 children, have lost their lives in this region (in total 52 people have died in the European part of Russia due to fire), and more than 1,000 people have lost their homes and livelihoods.