“Large -scale power outage in French Cannes could occur on Saturday due to arson and damage to electrical supports. Source: AR, France Info with reference to local authorities and the French Ministry of Internal Affairs Details: French authorities believe that the arson could play a role in the power outage of southeastern France, which threatened to celebrate the closure of the Cannes Film Festival.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: AR, FRANCE INFO with reference to the local government and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of France
Details: The French authorities believe that the arson could play a role in switching off electricity in southeastern France, which threatened to celebrate the closure of the Cannes Film Festival. The power supply was restored several hours before the ceremony, around 3:00 pm local time.
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A representative of the French national gendarmerie reported that the authorities were investigating the likelihood of arson during a fire at an electrical substation near Cannes, which weakened the network at night.
In addition, electricity shutdown occurred a few hours after the fall of the high -voltage line elsewhere. The authorities find out what caused the breakage of this line.
In his statement, the prefect of the district Laurent Hottio condemned “serious acts of damage to electric infrastructure”.
“All resources are mobilized to identify, search, arrest and hold the persons who have taken these actions,” said Hotio.
According to the prefecture of the Department and the Prosecutor’s Office of Gras, the power off was caused by malicious actions. Initially, on Friday night, a burning of a power plant in a tank, and then on Saturday in the morning three transmitters in Vilnev-Lube were sawed. Two investigations have begun.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country, two fires touched by Saint-Casien power plants in Tanneron (region of Var), which caused the primary shutdown of electricity for 45,000 consumers during the night.
That preceded: On Saturday, May 24, French Cannes and Outskirts suffered from large -scale power outage – nearly 160,000 houses remained without electricity.