GARDINER — More than 200 CenturyLink customers in the Gardiner area lost phone service today because of a fiber cut along state Highway 20 near Discovery Bay, a company spokesman said.

The outage affected 9-1-1 emergency dispatch services. It was reported by CenturyLink at 2:12 p.m.

Residents were being advised to use their cellphones to call 9-1-1 if necessary or Clallam County Fire District No. 3 at 360-683-4242.

CenturyLink spokesman Brian Dalessi said late this afternoon that a repair crew was on site. He said he did not know when service would be restored.

The cause of the fiber cut was not immediately known.

The outage affected 228 customers in the Gardiner area, Dalessi said