The Mongolian National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has  extinguished a forest fire on Bogd Khan Mountain which rises above the capital, Ulaanbaatar. The fire started at the Pint Pass of Bogd Khan Mountain, yesterday (25th of April). The whole area of the mountain is a is strictly protected area

A total of 68 firefighters with eight fire engines worked the whole night to extinguish the forest fire which was blazing in 5.5 hectares of woodland.