UPDATE: 911 outage affecting AT&T customers in Savannah has been fixed
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By WTOC Staff | April 21, 2021 at 1:06 PM EDT - Updated April 21 at 1:52 PM
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - UPDATE at 1:50 p.m. on Wednesday, April 21: The issue affecting 911 service has been fixed by AT&T, according to a news release from Chatham County.
PREVIOUS STORY: Over 16,000 Savannah residents are currently impacted by a 911 outage.
According to a news release from Chatham County government, approximately 16,300 AT&T customers in the DeRenne Avenue area are temporarily unable to reach the 911 Communications Center. The affected areas reach as far west as Veterans Parkway, Thunderbolt to the east, just North of Victory Drive, and south as far as Montgomery Cross Road.