Emergency 911 Comes On Just In Time For Scenery Hill Fire

July 12, 2025 9:14 am

An investigation continues into what caused a frantic day without 911 service. Washington County’s 911 service outage began around 2:30 in the afternoon Friday, and was on and off throughout the day. The emergency service came back on around 10:30 Friday night. The service came back on just in time for residents of a home in Scenery Hill. 911 dispatchers tell us someone in the 2100 block of East National Pike called at 11:21 to report a fire. Crews arrived a home with smoke and flames. They were on the scene for three ours and the Fire Marshall was called in to investigate. There appears to be no injuries as a result of the house fire.