UPDATE, 12:30 p.m. | The northbound lanes of Interstate 435 have been re-opened.
EARLIER | The northbound lanes of Interstate 435 at Kansas Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, were closed early Thursday after a crash involving a semi that was hauling fireworks.
The Kansas Highway Patrol says around 7 a.m., a semi pulling a triple trailer went off the highway and into the grass past the shoulder.
The semi was hauling fireworks in the trailers, but the cargo stayed intact. There was a fuel spill, but that has been contained.
No injuries were reported.
The interstate remained closed as of 10 a.m. as crews continued to investigate the circumstances of the crash.
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