Aid Convoy Departs for Eastern Provinces Impacted by Wildfires

Aid Convoy Departs for Eastern Provinces Impacted by Wildfires

As of early 2025, Mongolia has experienced 11 forest-steppe fires, devastating 18,880 hectares primarily due to human negligence, accounting for approximately 90% of incidents. Strong winds and storms are compounding the situation, with reports of forest-steppe fires emerging from three eastern provinces and Arkhangai province as of March 9. Fires have been confirmed in Dornod, Khentii, Sukhbaatar, and Arkhangai provinces. The impact of these fi…

In the East and Sukhbaatar province, many households and livestock have been affected due to wildfires, covering a significant area. We have received information from the General Emergency Department (NEEM) that this year the snow is thin in the three eastern provinces and that droughts will start early in the spring, and that we have ensured a certain level of preparedness, emphasized in today's data. Specifically, “In accordance with the offic…