Two years ago, a gas-carrying vehicle exploded in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital, setting fire to an apartment building housing a total of 63 households and leaving more than 200 residents homeless in the winter cold. Those people are living in rented accommodation today.

Officials have said that demolishing the 13-storey apartment building damaged in the fire would cost 2.4 billion MNT, while rebuilding it would require 12.3 billion MNT. According to official estimates, tearing down Building No. 207 and constructing a new one would take one year and eight months. The complete demolition of Building No. 207 was completed in late December 2025.

Meanwhile, 8.7 billion MNT has been budgeted to rebuild Building No. 207.

The project is currently at the stage of tendering and approval, and residents have been consulted on the design of the new building.

After the explosion, in addition to three firefighters, four people traveling on foot and by car died and nine people injured. Furthermore 36 vehicles, 3 buildings had burnt and properties of 228 people, 15 enterprises damaged.