As fire spread around the Mongolia-China border, wild animals such as Mongolian gazelle was impaled by border fence. As an officials say it's currently impossible to precisely estimate the loss of natural resources and this estimation will take more time. According to the preliminary study of Department of Environment and Tourism of Dornod aimag, 230 Mongolian gazelle, 1 moose, 3 deer, and 14 rabbits were burnt. The fire was brought under control after 3 days. Wildfire smoke is creating a highly disturbing situation in 10 affected soums.

Far Eastern part of Mongolia – home for Mongolian gazelles spreading across the steppe. In spring - dry and windy conditions, grasslands become fuel for wildfires. This spring there have been strong winds and dust storms (15 - 20 sec/m) across the grasslands, making land cover dry and flammable.
On April 8, 2023, the steppe fire broke out in Erdenetsagaan district/soums of Sukhbaatar province due to people's abandon and spread to neighboring Dornod province destroyed 2.2 million hectares of grassland and over 98% of the Numrug Strictly Protected Area (total area 3,112 km²) was burnt. No casualty was reported, but 15 households lost their houses/gers, 16 livestock sheds and 3000 livestock were affected.
As fire spread around the Mongolia-China border, wild animals such as Mongolian gazelle was impaled by border fence. As an officials say it's currently impossible to precisely estimate the loss of natural resources and this estimation will take more time. According to the preliminary study of Department of Environment and Tourism of Dornod aimag, 230 Mongolian gazelle, 1 moose, 3 deer, and 14 rabbits were burnt. The fire was brought under control after 3 days. Wildfire smoke is creating a highly disturbing situation in 10 affected soums.
To help the provinces, affected by a destructive fire, to tackle the consequences and undertake post-fire assessments, WWF-Mongolia provided a support of 17.2 million MNT (5000USD) to provincial Environmental Agency and Protected area administrations. Training and technical support on fire prevention and protection will be provided to the respective stakeholders in the eastern provinces.

As fire spread around the Mongolia-China border, wild animals such as Mongolian gazelle was impaled by border fence.

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Steppe fire kills over 230 Mongolian gazelle in eastern Mongolia