More than 35 people living in a riverside homeless camp near Nissan Stadium were relocated to interim housing due to safety concerns over the 4th of July fireworks show.
City officials said the makeshift shelters were made of highly flammable materials and were located in the fireworks fallout zone, posing a fire hazard.
“This is all about safety. It has nothing to do with what’s there, who’s there outside of making sure that that area is not going to be dangerous to anyone that could be possibly impacted by it,” Nashville Office of Emergency Management Public Information Officer Joseph Pleasant said…