Burst pipe blamed for 911 outage
By Hector Gutierrez, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published January 23, 2008 at 12:30 a.m.
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Westminster's 911 system broke down Tuesday for more than 13 hours; only people with cell phones could call for emergency help during that time.
Service was restored to land- line users at about 7 p.m., said Trevor Materasso, police spokesman.
Qwest officials said the malfunction occurred when one of its pipes froze and burst, Materasso said. A Qwest spokesman could not be reached Tuesday night.
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