US: 911 emergency call system in Massachusetts restored June 18 /update 1

Authorities in Massachusetts announced that the 911 emergency call system has resumed operation as of the afternoon of June 18 following an earlier outage that lasted more than an hour. According to state officials, the public can now use the 911 system normally; an investigation into the cause of the outage is underway.

Residual delays in emergency responses are possible over the coming hours due to service backlogs.