1,400 impacted by Rochester power outage | News [Video]

ROCHESTER, Minn. – Roughly 1,400 Rochester Public Utilities customers are without power as of 5:20 p.m. Thursday. The outage was first reported just after 3 p.m.

According to RPU, utility crews have identified a failed switch. Director of Customer Relations, Patty Hanson says it’s estimated to take 1.5-2 hours to fix the problem.

Downtown traffic lights are being impacted by this outage, and the Rochester Police Department is helping assist cars at intersections. 

KIMT News 3 will have a live update during our 6 p.m. news. 

Click here for a link to the outage map.