On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeIndonesia has closed Mount Bromo national park in East Java for all tourist activities, its operator said late on Saturday, as a wildfire, burning since Monday, expanded in its caldera area. The closure took effect from Saturday evening, for an undetermined duration, the park operator ⁠said on its ​official Instagram ⁠page. The raging fire has burned an area of around 176 ⁠hectares (434.91 acres) at Mount Bromo, an ​active ⁠volcano that is ‌a popular tourist destination known for its "sand sea" caldera – a volcanic ash plain. A wildfire burns in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park near Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, East Java province on 6 August 2026 ( AFP/Getty )The wildfire has expanded from around ‌60 hectares on Thursday.