Georgetown County 9-1-1 lines restored after outage

UPDATE:

GEORGETOWN, S.C. (WCBD) – Georgetown County officials said that 9-1-1 and other services were restored shortly before 9:00 p.m. Tuesday following an outage that spanned the afternoon and evening.


ORIGINAL:

GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – An outage is impacting 9-1-1 and other services in Georgetown County on Tuesday afternoon.

Officials with the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office said the county 9-1-1 emergency telephone service and other business lines to Central Dispatch are out of service.

They say it is due to a widespread telephone outage affecting multiple counties.

Those experiencing an emergency can call 843-546-5102 until further notice.

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