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,

KPD spokesperson Scott Erland said the box was "set on fire" after CMC went to cut it open with a torch, not knowing what was inside.

The KPD spokesperson also said the department’s bomb squad had responded to the scene. “At this point we really don’t know what we’re dealing with, just operating with the