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Capital Boulevard in Wake Forest closed due to downed power lines; 200+ without power

WRAL.com · last updated

A portion of Capital Boulevard is closed due to downed power lines.

On Monday, Wake Forest officials said both directions of Capital Boulevard near Burlington Mills Road are closed.

As of 10:15 p.m., over 200 customers were without power. Duke Energy’s outage map shows restoration is expected by 1 a.m. on Tuesday.

It is unclear what caused the lines to fall. WRAL’s Breaking News Tracker is headed to the scene.

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