The emer­gency num­bers for both the Po­lice and Fire Ser­vices were knocked out yes­ter­day.

Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions Ser­vices of Trinidad and To­ba­go (TSTT) yes­ter­day said a tech­ni­cal dif­fi­cul­ty led to the dis­rup­tion of both the 999 and 990 emer­gency num­bers.

To reach po­lice, the pub­lic is ad­vised to use 511, while the fire ser­vice is ad­vis­ing that the pub­lic call the near­est fire sta­tion.