{"id":127949,"date":"2025-05-24T12:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T12:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/127949\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T12:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T12:12:11","slug":"major-landline-outage-in-greater-manchester-residents-in-these-areas-cannot-call-999-from-landlines-warns-fire-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/127949\/","title":{"rendered":"Major landline outage in Greater Manchester: Residents in these areas cannot call 999 from landlines, warns fire service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has issued a warning of 999 landline outages<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1_Police-siren-at-accident-or-crime-scene.jpg\" alt=\"Police siren flashing blue lights at accident or crime scene\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Calls to 999 through mobile phones or internet-based services are unaffected(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) has issued a warning to residents in some parts of the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The service says residents will not be able to make outgoing calls, including to 999, from their landlines this morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">People living in Trafford, Prestwich, Atherton and Ardwick may be experiencing no dial tone and be unable to make outgoing calls, warned GMFRS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">But calls to 999 through mobile phones or internet-based services are unaffected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The emergency service issued a statement on their Facebook page this morning (May 24), saying: &#8220;999 landline call outages: Residents in Trafford, Prestwich, Atherton &amp; Ardwick may experience no dial tone &amp; be unable to make outgoing calls, including dialling 999 from their landline this morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Calls to 999 through mobiles or internet-based services are unaffected.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">For the latest stories and breaking news visit <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">manchestereveningnews.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get the latest headlines, features and analysis that matter to you by signing up to our various Manchester Evening News newsletters <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">You can also get all your favourite content from the Manchester Evening News on WhatsApp. <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/join-free-manchester-evening-news-26647478\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to stay up to date with the latest.Follow us on X <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MENnewsdesk\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\">@mennewsdesk<\/a> for all the latest stories and updates on breaking incidents from across the region and beyond, as well as on our Facebook page <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ManchesterEveningNews\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.If you prefer reading our stories on your phone, consider <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/greater-manchester-news\/manchester-evening-news-free-app-18109833\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">downloading the Manchester Evening News app here,<\/a> and our newsdesk will make sure every time an essential story breaks, you&#8217;ll be the first to hear about it.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has issued a warning of 999 landline outagesCalls to 999 through mobile&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[10840,748,1285,393,4884,11566,2465,1289,16,15,1287],"class_list":{"0":"post-127949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-ardwick","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-bury","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-greater-manchester-fire-service","14":"tag-manchester","15":"tag-trafford","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-wigan"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114562750573835159","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}