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July 9, 2007

Phones out at DMV main office due to Pastore fire

It turns out people today could not reach by phone the main Department of Motor Vehicles office in Pawtucket, the result of an underground fire at the Pastore Complex that knocked power and phones off at six state departments today.

In a news release earlier today, the state Department of Administration said the Division of Motor Vehicles' operator control office, located on the Pastore Campus, was affected but that the main office in Pawtucket and statewide branches were not.

Jeff Neal, a spokesman for the Department of Administration and the governor, said later in a phone interview he had just received word that the main office in Pawtucket had been affected.

The DMV Web site said the phone service to the main Pawtucket office would be out fo service today "for an undetermined length of time." The otuage did not affect the DMV's computer service or the phone service in its branch offices.

However, the DMV stated the problem did affect affect computer and phone service at the Operator Control division at the Pastore Center.

All state phone numbers beginning with the 462 prefix are out of service at this time because of equipment failures.

The DMV suggests people check back on its Web site for updates.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 5:02 PM | Permalink

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