Mount Bromo:
Indonesia recently deployed aircraft and hundreds of firefighters to control a major wildfire in Mount Bromo National Park.
- Mount Bromo is a small but active volcanic cinder cone located on the Indonesian island of Java.
- It is located in the center of the Sandsea Caldera, itself only a portion of the larger Tengger Caldera.
- The historical record indicates eruptions of Bromo every few years since 1804, and geologic evidence indicates eruptions at least several hundred years earlier.
- The most recent eruption occured in 2004 and tragically killed two tourists.
