Power outage in French Cannes could have happened through sabotage – power

Disable Electricity in Cannes May 24, Photo: AFP Via Getty Images

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 government and the French Ministry of Internal Affairs

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: Saturday, May 24, French Cannes and Outskirts were affected by a large -scale shutdown of electricity – Almost 160,000 houses remained without electricity.