Western Avenue restaurant impacted by explosives scare, evacuation
Business owners near CMC Recycling are getting back to normalcy after they were evacuated while bomb squad members worked to emptying a box believed to have been filled with dynamite. Now that the area is safe to return to,
Those within half-mile of suspected explosive material near Western Avenue should evacuate, KPD says
The Knoxville Police Department and Knoxville Fire Department, along with several other agencies, are on the scene of what officials say is a smoking box of possibly explosive material. HAZMAT SituationEvacuations continue after suspected smoking dynamite found in recycling plant.
Evacuation Takes Toll on Western Avenue Restaurant
Business owners near CMC Recycling are getting back to normalcy after they were evacuated while bomb squad members worked to emptying a box believed to have been filled with dynamite.
Explosives near Mynderse and Western avenue to be removed by hand, not robot
Explosives near Mynderse and Western avenue to be removed by hand, not robot, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024..
‘We may have some dynamite:’ 911 call reporting explosives near Western Ave. released
Officials have released the initial call reporting explosives at a recycling plant just off of Western Avenue.
Knoxville Evacuation: Half-mile area around Lonsdale asked to evacuate as bomb squad responds to possible explosive device on Western Ave.
Knoxville Area Transit also said the investigation was interrupting some of its services. It said Route 12 was affected and the bus would not be able to serve stops west of Keith Avenue, including the Lonsdale community or the Walmart market near Western Avenue and McKamey Road.
KPD confirms box of dynamite found on Western Avenue
CMC Recycling on Western Avenue called 911 Thursday afternoon about a smoking 5-by-5 steel box placed near an oxygen tank that the caller said had about 200 sticks of dynamite
Evacuations urged after ‘possible explosives’ found near Western Avenue
The Knoxville Fire Department has shared that Western Avenue between Texas and Massachusetts is closed due to a possible hazmat incident.
Officials give updates in situation involving ‘suspected explosives’ found along Western Avenue
Spokespersons with the Knoxville Police Department and Knoxville Fire Department shared an update into the situation involving ‘suspected explosives’ found at business along Western Avenue. Knoxville Police shared that the substance has tested positive for a substance consistent with dynamite.
Emergency alert: Police investigating explosives order evacuation of area around Western Avenue
Knoxville Police are asking people in the area of Mynderse and Western avenues to evacuate after reports of a box "potentially filled with explosives."
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