According to Madrid 112 service itself, through its official channels, the problem affects telephone communications and efforts are underway to restore normality "as soon as possible". In the meantime, authorities have asked the public to use other available numbers in case of emergency.
Alternative numbers while the incident persists
Among the numbers provided by the authorities are 061 for health emergencies, 091 for the National Police, and 092 for Municipal Police.
The incident has been particularly reported in municipalities in the south of the region, although Emergencias Madrid 112 has not yet specified the exact scope of the failure or the affected operators.
Precedents of recent technical problems
This is not the first time that the Madrid emergency service has suffered communication incidents. Last January, similar problems were already recorded, according to the 112 itself at the time, due to a "national" technical failure that affected certain telephone companies.
For the moment, the Community of Madrid has not reported any serious incidents resulting from this partial service outage or the estimated time for the complete recovery of the system.