Emergency Services say Telstra did not inform them of the triple-0 outage

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Acting Assist Comm. Tony Gately from NSW Ambulance says interstate calls coming into NSW was the first sign of triple-0 outage.

Telstra has blamed a rural lightning strike for the disruption to the emergency phone line.

Source: ABC News | Duration: 51sec

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