ULAN BATOR, Apr 19 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – Around 160 people, including firefighters and residents, have been fighting to contain a steppe fire, in Mongolia’s eastern province of Sukhbaatar, the provincial emergency management department said yesterday.
The steppe fire broke out before noon yesterday, in Dariganga soum (administrative subdivision) of the province, and spread to the territory of neighbouring Erdenetsagaan soum, which borders Xilingol League, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Spring is normally a windy and dry season in Mongolia.– NNN-MONGOLIAWEB
