There were many subscribers to Pelephone scratching their heads on Monday morning 11 Adar-II when their cellular service dropped.

There were reports of service interruptions to subscribers in the Jerusalem and Central areas during the morning hours.

The cause of the outages appears to have been a blaze that erupted in a Pelephone facility on Basel Street in Petach Tikvah.

In a statement from Pelephone at 10:00AM it is explained a fire erupted in the facility at 7:15AM. There were no injuries from the blaze. Technicians continue working to transfer subscribers to working repeaters to restore service. The Ministry of Communications was informed along with other appropriate agencies and authorities.

An announcement was made at about 11:30AM stating regular service has been restored to most subscribers impacted by the outage.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)