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Java Wildfire Crisis Escalates | Global News
- Published
- August 11, 2026
- Duration
- 1:55
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Aug 12, 2026
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A massive wildfire is raging through Indonesia’s iconic Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, burning nearly 900 hectares and forcing the closure of Mount Bromo—a top tourist destination. Firefighters are battling dozens of hotspots, with two stubborn ones near a famous viewpoint and a volcano monitoring station still smoldering. Officials aim to extinguish…
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A massive wildfire is raging through Indonesia’s iconic Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, burning nearly 900 hectares and forcing the closure of Mount Bromo—a top tourist destination. Firefighters are battling dozens of hotspots, with two stubborn ones near a famous viewpoint and a volcano monitoring station still smoldering. Officials aim to extinguish them by Friday so water-bombing helicopters can be redeployed to other fires. This crisis is part of a nationwide emergency: over 48,000 hecta
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