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…