Redondo Seaside’s 911 system was kicked offline for a brief interval Sunday after a fireplace at an AT&T communications middle, based on officers.
“Attributable to telecommunications outage within the South Bay, 911 strains are at the moment down,” the town’s Police Division posted on Fb round 2 p.m. Sunday. By the subsequent hour, strains have been up.
Officers mentioned a trash fireplace, 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, mentioned Los Angeles Hearth 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 mentioned.
Native residents have been requested to shelter in place.
No accidents have been reported and the trigger stays beneath investigation.
“It was minimal impression,” mentioned Redondo Seaside Police Lt. Justin Korte. “It didn’t seem that impacted the traditional cellphone strains. It made 911 calls intermittent.”
