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OLA, Ark. -

Authorities were urging residents to evacuate parts of Arkansas' Yell County as crews battled a wildfire that threatened a fireworks warehouse.
The blaze hadn't touched A-1 Fireworks outside of Ola as of Wednesday evening, but owner Mike Gongola says he worried about his warehouse and trailers full of fireworks as the flames moved quickly in the afternoon.
There weren't any immediate reports of injuries, but Arkansas Department of Emergency Management spokesman Chad Stover says a barn and a mobile home had burned.
Arkansas Forestry Commission spokeswoman Sheila Doughty says the fire was burning across 500 acres. She says crews will continue battling the blaze into the night.
She said at least 150 people had evacuated.