The Santa Barbara County Fire Department is advising the public of a cellular phone outage in the Cuyama Valley on Friday.
The outage is impacting the ability for residents to call 9-1-1.
The Fire Department advises using a landline or enabling wifi on a cell phone if possible to call 9-1-1 if there is an emergency.
Cell providers are working to restore service, which is expected around 8:00 p.m. Friday, said Captain Scott Safechuck.
No further information is available.