<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A trailer carrying fireworks ignited a pre-Fourth of July spectacle on Saturday evening, forcing authorities to shut down a Tennessee highway.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Chattanooga Fire Department shared a </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">video</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of the flaming trailer, which showed pyrotechnic sparks flying in all directions on the northbound Interstate 75 past the </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ooltewah exit</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department was also on the scene, and </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/tricommunityvolunteerfire"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> &#8220;As a precaution, both northbound and southbound lanes of I-75 were temporarily shut down due to ongoing firework explosions and to allow fire apparatus safe access to the scene,&#8221; leaving traffic at a standstill. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The department “r</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">eceived mutual aid assistance from Chattanooga Fire Department at the scene, along with fill-in coverage from Catoosa County [Georgia] and Highway 58 fire departments to help maintain emergency response coverage throughout our district.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A spokesman for the Chattanooga Fire Department <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/video-captures-fireworks-exploding-burning-trailer-shut-interstate-75?lid=n0smsdify2wp">told</a> Fox News that northbound lanes were closed longer than the southbound lanes as crews monitored the scene and cleared the scorched trailer from the highway.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Authorities have not released any information on the cause of the fire or where the trailer was being transported. No injuries were reported. </span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.tn.gov/commerce/fire/permit/licensing/fireworks/applications-resources/displays.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">According</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to Tennessee law, “Consumer” fireworks can</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> be “used without a display permit, as long as local authorities have approved any necessary safety measures,” whereas larger “Professional” fireworks require a “Fireworks Display Permit with the State of Tennessee.” </span></p>

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