Since January there have been 74 forest fire incidents reported in 47 sums in 15 aimags over these first five months of the year.

Almost 80 percent of high fire risk aimags are too dry or at dangerous levels of dryness.

Therefore the National Emergency Management Agency is giving warnings to prevent possible forest fires during such a dry period of the year. The warnings include avoiding ash leakages and making open air fires, avoid leaving small children without a caretaker or prohibiting letting them play with fire and avoid going on any picnics or tours in the forest.

Currently over 100 people including the National Emergency Management Agency staff and local residents in Khutag-Undur sum in Bulgan aimag are struggling to extinguish a fire. This battles has already been going on for days.

Almost 60 staff of the National Emergency Management Agency and 167 local residents cut off a forest fire in Bat-Uul in Bulgan sum in Dornod aimag.

There were also forest fires in Tenkhleg area in Dadal sum in Khentii aimag, Kharzad area of Dashbalbar sum in Dornod aimag, Bayandelger sum in Tuv aimag. A dump caused a forest fire in Kherlen sum in Dornod aimag, there was a steppe blaze from Russia in Dashbalbar sum in Dornod aimag, and more fires in Khalzan sum in Sukhbaatar aimag, Maldvai, Doctor and Zeergene area of Chuluunkhoroot sum in Dornod aimag which were extinguished with support from servicemen and local residents.