Mongolia sends additional experts to investigate nature reserve fire

According to Mongolian media reports today, in order to assess the damage caused by the large-scale grassland fire in the Numrug Strictly Protected Area in the eastern part of the country, Mongolia has dispatched additional forensic experts and researchers specializing in forests and plants to the fire site to carry out assessment work. According to satellite data released today by Mongolia's National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring, the area burned by the fire in the Numrug Strictly Protected Area is approximately 449,000 hectares. On the 8th of this month, a large-scale grassland fire broke out in the Numrug Strictly Protected Area. Mongolian authorities have preliminarily confirmed through investigation that the fire was caused by the activities of a convoy of Mobicom Corporation, a telecommunications company with Japanese investment background in Mongolia.