BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A widespread 911 outage is impacting much of Louisiana on Thursday, with several parishes reporting that emergency calls cannot get through.
The Desoto Parish Sheriff’s Office says the outage is due to a “major fiber cut.” In Pointe Coupee Parish, official linked the outage to a “technical issue with AT&T.”
Officials have provided alternate numbers for emergencies in the following parishes:
Bossier Parish:
Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office: (318) 741-9201
Bossier Fire District 7: (318) 326-500
Caddo Parish:
Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office: (318) 675-217
Shreveport Police Department: (318) 673-2129
Caldwell Parish:
(318) 649-2345
Desoto Parish:
(318) 947-7901
East Baton Rouge Parish:
(225) 389-3300
Franklin Parish:
(318) 435-4505
Jefferson Parish:
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