CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- Over 1,700 Chesterfield County homes and businesses are without electricity Wednesday night after power lines fell on Midlothian Turnpike. As of 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25, 1,736 Dominion Energy customers in the area of Midlothian Turnpike are without power, according to the company's Outage Map. At the peak of the outage, over 3,000 buildings were impacted. A spokesperson for Chesterfield County Fire and EMS told 8News that power lines have fallen onto Midlothian Turnpike in the area of Boulders Parkway. For safety reasons, Midlothian Turnpike between Ruthers and Buford roads has been shut down while first responders work to clear the scene. No additional information, such as why the lines fell, is available as of the time of reporting. 8News is working to learn more and will provide an update when possible. Per Dominion Energy, power should be restored between 10 p.m. Wednesday and 1 a.m. Thursday, March 26. This is a developing story, stay with 8News for updates. ...read more read less