<p>Gede Suantika, head of the Centre of Vulcanology and Geological Mitigation, said the ash had reached the Abdurahman Saleh Airport in nearby city of Malang.<br /><br />Mount Bromo's status was upgraded to top alert Friday and placed off-limits to visitors, but no evacuation order was issued for residents living nearby.<br /><br />The 2,329-metre peak, about 750 km east of Jakarta, is a popular tourist destination. Two tourists were killed when the volcano erupted in 2004.<br /><br />Indonesia has about 500 volcanoes, nearly 130 of them active and 68 classified as dangerous.</p>
<p>Gede Suantika, head of the Centre of Vulcanology and Geological Mitigation, said the ash had reached the Abdurahman Saleh Airport in nearby city of Malang.<br /><br />Mount Bromo's status was upgraded to top alert Friday and placed off-limits to visitors, but no evacuation order was issued for residents living nearby.<br /><br />The 2,329-metre peak, about 750 km east of Jakarta, is a popular tourist destination. Two tourists were killed when the volcano erupted in 2004.<br /><br />Indonesia has about 500 volcanoes, nearly 130 of them active and 68 classified as dangerous.</p>