Indonesia closes national park as wildfire spreads

A wildfire has razed 176 hectares in Indonesia's Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, which lies near Mount Bromo in East Java

JAKARTA - Indonesian authorities have closed access to a national park on Java Island as firefighters battle a wildfire raging there for nearly a week.

The blaze has razed 176 hectares (435 acres) since it broke out on Monday in the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, near the popular East Java tourist destination of Mount Bromo, a disaster official said.