Verizon outage prevents 911 calls

Spokane-area Verizon customers experienced a service outage Monday night that might have prevented them from being able to call 911 in an emergency without WiFi.

According to Downdetector.com, there were more than 2,600 reports of outages. A map showed Eastern Washington and North Idaho being hit the hardest.

“A fiber issue is causing a service interruption in the Spokane area,” Verizon spokeswoman Heidi Plato told KHQ. “Our engineers are aware of this issue and are working with the fiber provider, Zayo, to resolve this issue quickly.”