UPDATE: As of 10:30 p.m. Monday, AT&T said they fixed the internet issues and resumed service for all internet users.
Widespread AT&T internet outages were being reported across the DFW area on Monday after an electrical fire at an AT&T facility, officials said.
The outage map website downdetector.com showed heavy concentrations of outages in Fort Worth, Dallas and Collin County.
Firefighters had responded to a fire at an AT&T switching station in the 1600 block of Firman Drive about 9:45 a.m., Richardson city spokesman Greg Sowell said. The fire was contained to an electrical room and burned primary and backup electrical systems.
On Twitter, an AT&T customer service account, @ATTCares, was responding to dozens of tweets about the outages, initially saying a "direct lightning strike" at the facility caused the outages. The account later tweeted that damage from the fire might have caused the outages.
As of 1:30 p.m., AT&T was still working to fix the internet issues.
This is a developing story. Check back for more information.