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Cox officials: Internet service back online after fire caused outage in eastern Las Vegas

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Internet Outage-East Coast
Posted at 10:26 PM, Jul 03, 2023
and last updated 2023-07-05 00:35:33-04

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Cox officials said they have an "all-clear" notification that power is back online after a fire caused on outage Monday night.

Crews with the internet service company have been repairing the damage all day according to a spokesperson.

A power outage due to a fire was the suspected source of an internet service outage impacting Cox customers in the Las Vegas area.

Cox technicians were "waiting for NV Energy to restore power" to begin restoring internet service to customers, a spokesperson for the company told Channel 13 in an email.

Monday night, "Our crews are on-site and hope to have service restored soon," the spokesperson stated.

NV Energy's online outage map showed 146 customers were without power as of 8:24 a.m. Tuesday due to an outage in the area of Flamingo Road and Eastern Avenue. The company estimated power would be restored by 9:15 a.m.

On Tuesday morning, some Las Vegas residents in the 89119 zip code said they were still without internet service.

The Cox spokesperson wasn't immediately able to provide additional details about the number of customers impacted by the ongoing outage, but advised those impacted to monitor the Cox app for updated information.

This report has been updated with additional information since its initial publication.