ST. LOUIS -- An underground explosion is blamed on a power outage in downtown St. Louis.
KMOV-TV reported the outage Monday knocked out electricity to several buildings, including parts of Washington Avenue. About 12 traffic lights stopped working as a result of the outage.
The cause of the explosion was not known. There were no injuries.
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