Wedoany.com Report-Mar 24, More than 7,500 head of livestock have been killed in a steppe fire in Mongolia, the country's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Monday.

Meanwhile, a total of 39 families lost their homes in the steppe fire in eight provinces, the agency said in a statement.

The NEMA warned residents of Ulan Bator and other provinces not to make bonfires or throw cigarette butts on the ground in dry weather.

Mongolia remains one of the world's leading countries in terms of the number of livestock per capita. However, the country's livestock sector is highly dependent on various natural factors, including extreme weather conditions in the winter and dry and windy weather conditions in the spring.

The total number of forest and steppe fires across Mongolia at the end of 2024 reached 137. Most were recorded in the eastern Mongolian provinces of Sukhbaatar, Khentii, and Dornod, according to new data released by the agency.