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AT&T Gardena Hub Fire Briefly Disrupts 911, Leaves Thousands With Outages

Investigators are probing the fire's cause after emergency 911 service was briefly interrupted with toxic battery smoke complicating firefighting efforts.

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Your AT&T service tanked this weekend because of a fire which the carrier is clueless about

Overview

  • Early Sunday, a rubbish fire near 16200 Vermont Avenue spread into a 300-by-200-foot AT&T communications hub in Gardena.
  • Approximately 100 firefighters from 25 companies, including HazMat units, battled the blaze for five hours amid a partial roof collapse.
  • Thousands of customers across Gardena, Redondo Beach and Carson experienced intermittent or complete mobile and internet outages.
  • Nearby residents were advised to shelter in place and Vermont Avenue near the 110 and 91 freeways was closed, halting rail service for hours.
  • AT&T has switched to backup power and dispatched its Network Disaster Recovery team to restore equipment at the damaged facility.