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Around noon on 8 October 2026, a fire started in the Nömrög Strictly Protected Area in Khalkhgol sum, Dornod Province, Mongolia, about 27 km from the China–Mongolia border. The vehicle that caught fire belonged to Mobicom, a Mongolian mobile operator and a consolidated subsidiary 98.8% owned by KDDI1. Mobicom acknowledged that the vehicle fire spread to the grassland and said the group was there to hand over communication works for border posts and the border port and to survey local conditions2. Mongolian media reported that the convoy entered the reserve to fish for taimen; the purpose of the entry is still under police investigation3. The fire was fully extinguished on the morning of 16 October4. On 20 October the Mongolian Ministry of Environment and Climate Change put the preliminary burned area at 528,765.5 ha, of which 468,965.7 ha lies inside the reserve, 79.8% of the reserve5. ...