UPDATE: Blasting caps found in auction container safely removed

BATESVILLE, AR – Residents have been allowed to return to homes that were evacuated after authorities removed some blasting caps found in a container bought at auction.

Emergency crews responded to the 2700 Block of Highway 167 North just outside of Bateseville, where a man found blasting caps inside of a container bought at an auction.

Tom Jackson of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management tells FOX16 that five homes were evacuated for safety.