Redondo Seaside’s 911 system was kicked offline for a brief interval Sunday after a hearth at an AT&T communications middle, in keeping with officers.
“As a result of telecommunications outage within the South Bay, 911 strains are at present down,” town’s Police Division posted on Fb round 2 p.m. Sunday. By the following hour, strains have been up.
Officers stated a trash hearth, which unfold to the AT&T facility in Gardena and burned for 5 hours early Sunday morning, gave the impression 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 bother extinguishing it,” she stated.
Native residents have been requested to shelter in place.
No accidents have been reported and the trigger stays beneath investigation.
“It was minimal impression,” stated Redondo Seaside Police Lt. Justin Korte. “It did not seem that impacted the conventional cellphone strains. It made 911 calls intermittent.”
This story initially appeared in Los Angeles Instances.
