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HOHHOT, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Over 600 Chinese firefighters were mobilized to prevent the flames of a grassland fire in Mongolia from spreading to China's Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, local authorities said.
The fire started in Mongolia on Sunday. The Chinese firefighters were dispatched to prevent the fire from blazing across a border patrol road and fire isolation belt.
The flames have been extinguished.
