Theories about what triggered Friday evening's deadly collision on the M5 already abound.
Thick black smoke generated by the display, together with a number of bonfires in the area, may also have made driving conditions difficult.
Avon and Somerset Police is looking at the potential impact any aspect of the event might have had on the fatal collision.
A club official claimed yesterday that the display it put on finished at 8.15pm, before the accident had happened.
But its ground is adjacent to where the accident happened and smoke produced by the event may have hung in the vicinity for some time afterwards.
Many local people, aware the event was under way, believed a motorway fireball, visible from nearby communities, was part of the firework display.
Another view being put forward by some is that a car joined the motorway at speed and immediately veered into the path of a lorry.
Marie, 26, from Taunton, who preferred not to give her full name, said: "There is a lot of speculation on the internet about how it all started.
"Driving too fast instead of giving way, as you should. Who can say if it's true?"
This appears to stem from a mound covered by a sheet seen on the motorway close to where accident investigators were working on Saturday.
Eyewitness accounts of the horrific smash have also described a thick wall of fog which suddenly appeared at the collision point.
It is also possible that fog, fireworks, bad driving and a panicked wild animal all combined to cause Friday's fatal collision.
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