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WAPA Plant Failure Causes 911 Services To Fail Across USVI

A failure at the St. Thomas power plant on Monday caused 911 emergency services to temporarily shut down across the territory.

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911 emergency services were restored by Monday afternoon.
911 emergency services were restored by Monday afternoon. (Rachel Nunes/Patch)

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — A major power outage caused 911 services to fail across the territory on Monday, leaving Virgin Islanders with little explanation as to what happened. The V.I. Water and Power Authority's Randolph Harley power plant failed on Monday, as reported by The Virgin Islands Daily News, but no additional detail was shared.

Instead, the V.I. Territorial Emergency Management Agency issued an alert that read, “Due to the islandwide power outage, 911 STT is currently down unable to take emergency phone calls at this time.”

911 services were restored on Monday afternoon.

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