Businesses closed, major traffic after crash downs power lines in Burnsville

Downed power lines have caused traffic issues and business closures in Burnsville Sunday afternoon.

“Please avoid the area of County Road 42 between I-35W and County Road 5,” the City of Burnsville said around 3:20 p.m. “The roadway is closed due to downed power lines. Crews are on scene to open the road as quickly as possible. Many businesses are closed due to the outage.”

At 1:54 p.m., Bring Me The News’ Jonathan Harrison reported a large stretch of County Road 42 being blocked off, with a significant police presence and a big traffic backup.

Limitless Media was at the scene and said downed power lines were the result of a crash around 1 p.m. near Burnhaven Drive and County Road 42.

Target was reportedly evacuated as a precaution as crews responded to the downed live line, MN CRIME reports…

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