On Tuesday night, the state of Alaska saw thousands of lightning strikes, according to APM. “Most of the 3,800 lightning strikes were concentrated in the Northwest Arctic,” said BLM Alaska Fire Service spokeswoman Beth Ipsen.

Those lightning strikes sparked more than a dozen new fires in the region. Ipsen says the biggest fire in the state has been burning in the Noatak National Preserve, about 120 miles northeast of Kotzebue.

She says temperatures have been warm, but the forecast should shift by Thursday. There is rain forecasted, starting Thursday and Friday.