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Verizon Resolves 911 Outage Affecting Philadelphia Landlines

Verizon restored 911 service to landlines in parts of Philadelphia Tuesday after an outage that began Monday, said the Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management . “Verizon will remain making repairs to underground wiring, which is believed to have been the…

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cause,” OEM tweeted. The outage affected landline users in some west and northwest neighborhoods, the city tweeted Monday. An underground manhole fire caused the outage, a Verizon spokesperson said Tuesday.