ULAN BATOR, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Fourteen people have been killed in structure fires in Mongolia so far this year, the country's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Wednesday.
A total of 831 structure fires were reported across the country since the beginning of this year, up 14.9 percent from the same period last year, NEMA said.
But the amount of economic losses caused by the fires decreased by 73.4 percent compared to the same period last year, the agency said, adding that the fires caused losses of 2.1 billion Mongolian tugriks (around 797,000 U.S. dollars).
Mongolian firefighters have saved the lives of 193 people and properties worth 12.3 billion Mongolian tugriks (around 4.6 million dollars) from the fires since the beginning of this year, according to NEMA.
NEMA noted that the negligence of citizens and relevant officials of organizations, and electrical short-circuits were the main causes of the fires.
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