Fire has sparked in Tumentsogt soum of Sukhbaatar aimag and it covered over 80% of the area.
"Even we built backfire, fire has occurred again." reported by officials.
National Emergency Management Agency and local residents are fighting the fire at the spot. However, they are facing difficulties in extinguishing the fire due to weather condition.
"Moreover, we are facing lack of equipments" officials reported. National Emergency Management Agency arrived in Tumentsogt soum to acquaint with the condition.
In the first stage, gers were sent to households caught in fire and lost their shelters. As the latest news, 22 houses were burned and lost number of cattle.
Fire spread on Monday along the Khentii aimag expanded and covered three aimags. National Emergency Management Agency reported that forest and steppe fires have occurred in 13 aimags of Mongolia.
Fire has sparked in Tumentsogt soum of Sukhbaatar aimag and it covered over 80% of the area.
"Even we built backfire, fire has occurred again." reported by officials.
National Emergency Management Agency and local residents are fighting the fire at the spot. However, they are facing difficulties in extinguishing the fire due to weather condition.
"Moreover, we are facing lack of equipments" officials reported. National Emergency Management Agency arrived in Tumentsogt soum to acquaint with the condition.
In the first stage, gers were sent to households caught in fire and lost their shelters. As the latest news, 22 houses were burned and lost number of cattle.
Fire spread on Monday along the Khentii aimag expanded and covered three aimags. National Emergency Management Agency reported that forest and steppe fires have occurred in 13 aimags of Mongolia.