WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — The Sikes Senter Mall is asking the general public to step up and donate gadgets for the firefighters battling the West Bend Hearth.

Sikes Senter Mall Basic Supervisor Debra Amyotte says the mall might be accepting donations of water, ice coolers, and Gatorade on the north aspect off Midwestern Parkway.

Eventually verify, the Texas A&M Forest Service has reported the hearth has burned to five,000 acres and 50% of the hearth has been contained.