Baltimore’s 911 system went down Tuesday night

Anyone calling with an emergency was met with a busy signal early Tuesday evening.
Baltimore’s 911 system crashed, leaving 311 as the only available resource for emergency calls. Using social media alerts from the city as a guide, it looks like the outage lasted for more than an hour.

911 is currently not working in the City of Baltimore. Call 311 for emergencies.

— Baltimore City OEM (@BaltimoreOEM) June 15, 2016

911 has been restored. As always, please call 911 in emergencies. If you experience any difficulties please call 311. @BaltimoreOEM

— Stephanie (SRB) (@MayorSRB) June 15, 2016

There wasn’t an immediate reason given why the system crashed. According to the Baltimore Sun, neither police nor 911 system operator Verizon could provide a cause on Wednesday morning.