Residents in the northeast area of the Las Vegas Valley are without phone service while repair crews work on a transmitter that was damaged by an explosive device.

The outage is in the 3300 block of Theme, near East Desert Inn and Hollywood. Residents told police they heard an explosion around 3 a.m. Wednesday.

Metro, the FBI and ATF are on the scene investigating. Phone service is expected to be out until Wednesday evening.

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