Firefighters had to block a busy highway in North Carolina Friday morning after hundreds of gallons of paint were spilled across the road.

Crews responded to the messy scene on an Interstate 85 ramp around 8 a.m. after they said 250 gallons of white paint spilled across the road.

Officials said a utility trailer was being hauled by a truck when it dropped a container carrying the paint while trying to get onto I-85.

Hazmat crews were called to help clean up the mess and motorists were urged to avoid the area.

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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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