Following outages, 911 emergency service restored in Washington, Oregon
Apr 10, 2014, 5:27 AM | Updated: 8:14 am
The 911 emergency service has been restored across Washington and Oregon, says CenturyLink.
Outages affected most of the state and parts of Oregon from about 1:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. on Thursday.
A spokeswoman for CenturyLink says the problem began in Sheridan, Oregon. It quickly spread to cover most of the dispatch centers in our state.
The emergency dispatch service was restored in Oregon shortly before 6 a.m.
At the moment, there’s no word on a cause for outage, or when 911 service will be restored in Washington. CenturyLink is working to find the cause of the problem.
While landlines were experiencing the most problems when trying to dial 911, in case of an emergency there were less problems reported if trying to dial 911 on a cell phone.
