SEATTLE — Emergency officials said Seattle and several western Washington counties experienced disruptions to calling 911 Thursday afternoon.
King County said on Twitter that intermittent 911 outages were happening on mobile and landline phones in the county but that text 911 service was functioning normally.
The Washington State Patrol said the intermittent outages also happened in Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom and Island counties.
Around 5 p.m. emergency officials said mot 911 services were restored and that an investigation will be done by the state 911 Office in connection with the affected counties.
