Several states throughout the country reported 911 emergency services outages on Wednesday night. The largest city affected appeared to have been Las Vegas, Nevada.
Nevada State Police alerted people through social media platforms that the outage affected people living in areas throughout Southern Nevada. Residents in parts of Nevada were unable to call 911 from cell phones and landline phones, starting around 7 p.m. local time, according to reports.
URGENT: Southern Nevada – there is a 911 outage impacting your ability to contact Emergency Services in Southern Nevada right now.
To contact the Nevada Highway Patrol Dispatch, call *NHP or 775 687 0400 or 702-432-5393. https://t.co/upxOogdKf8
— Nevada State Police (@NVStatePolice) April 18, 2024
“URGENT: Southern Nevada – there is a 911 outage impacting your ability to contact Emergency Services in Southern Nevada right now,” read a post from the Nevada State Police account
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