Redondo Seashore’s 911 system was kicked offline for a brief interval Sunday after a fireplace at an AT&T communications heart, in line with officers.
“Resulting from telecommunications outage within the South Bay, 911 traces are presently down,” the town’s Police Division posted on Fb round 2 p.m. Sunday. By the following hour, traces have been up.
Officers stated a trash fireplace, which unfold to the AT&T facility in Gardena and burned for 5 hours early Sunday morning, seemed to be the supply.
The blaze unfold to a 300-by-200-square-foot communications constructing with lead-acid batteries, stated Los Angeles Fireplace Division spokeswoman Jennifer Middleton.
Greater than 100 firefighters, together with a Hazmat group, responded to the blaze alongside the 16200 block of South Vermont Avenue.
“They have been having some hassle extinguishing it,” she stated.
Native residents have been requested to shelter in place.
No accidents have been reported and the trigger stays below investigation.
“It was minimal affect,” stated Redondo Seashore Police Lt. Justin Korte. “It didn’t seem that impacted the traditional cellphone traces. It made 911 calls intermittent.”
