Lightning Strike And Fire Causes AT&T Outage

Update: As of 9:25 p.m. Monday, AT&T technicians "restored service for internet customers in the Dallas area after service was interrupted by a fire at one of our facilities earlier today," the company told CBS DFW.

DALLAS, TX — A lightning strike and subsequent fire at an AT&T data center in Richardson has caused internet issues for customers around Dallas. The company confirmed the outage on Twitter Monday afternoon after a customer complained.

"Hi Garrett, thank you for bringing this to our attention. Due to a direct lightning strike on one of our facilities in the area, we are experiencing internet issues. We are currently working to restore service as quickly as possible," AT&T tweeted at 1:14 p.m.

According to downdetector.com, AT&T is experiencing numerous outages in McKinney, Garland, Plano, and Arlington as of 1:32 p.m. More than 1,200 outage reports have also been made to downdetector.com.

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