Police forces and hearth and rescue areas throughout the UK have requested folks to not name 999 on account of a "technical fault".
London's Metropolitan Police - the UK's largest pressure - stated many 999 calls weren't connecting and suggested folks to telephone 101 in an emergency till additional discover.
South Wales Police, Greater Manchester Police and Derbyshire Police additionally shared the identical submit on Twitter, together with South Wales Fire and Rescue.
The submit stated the fault had impacted a "number of forces" - however didn't specify which of them.
West Yorkshire Police stated the difficulty was with BT's 999 strains and that the corporate was experiencing points "all over the country", whereas Northamptonshire Police additionally described the technical fault as "nationwide".
"Until further notice, please call 101 in an emergency," the forces wrote in a shared submit on Twitter.
"Please only call in an emergency and please wait until later to make any 101 non-emergency calls."
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service stated in a Twitter submit: "Following a crucial technical difficulty that has effects on emergency companies nationally, calls to 999 are usually not at the moment working.
"Until resolved, you should contact 101 in any emergency. We will update you when it's resolved."
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