Firefighters in Foreman, Ark., worked Wednesday to control a hazardous materials situation after a chemical reaction caused more than 800 buckets of chemfuel to smolder.

Little River County Emergency Management Director Don Hale Jr., said the six 1-gallon buckets of chemfuel had some type of reaction about 7:42 a.m. Wednesday.

The buckets of chemfuel were on a truck parked on the side of Highway 41 about a mile south of Foreman.

Hale said firefighters and emergency crews used foam, water and dry ice to suppress the chemical reaction.

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