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,

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.

The discovery of “suspected explosive materials” at a Knoxville business on Thursday had led city officials to urge the public to evacuate the area around a stretch of Western Avenue until further notice.

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.

Officials have released the initial call reporting explosives at a recycling plant just off of Western Avenue.

An area along Western Avenue near Lonsdale has been evacuated after the Knoxville Fire Department responded to a report about a box with possible explosives at CMC Recycling. "We are doing this out of an absolute abundance of caution,

Law enforcement in Knoxville, Tennessee issued an evacuation order Wednesday on Western Avenue after a 'suspected explosive device' was found. A public alert has been activated asking residents to urgently evacuate.