Update 7pm
Reports are the Comcast phone service has been restored.
Original story
Whatcom County Fire District 7 wants Comcast phone customers who are currently impacted by a statewide service outage to know there are other options when unable to call 911.
WCFD7 Division Chief Ben Boyko advises anyone with a medical emergency
* to come to any staffed fire station
– 6081 Church Road
– 5368 Northwest Drive
– 4047 Brown Road
* call 360-384-1191 (Church Road fire station)
* call 360-384-3313 (Northwest Drive fire station)
* call 360-366-3115 (Brown Road fire station)
Boyko said it appeared to be a statewide intermittent outage impacting only Comcast landline customers that began midafternoon.