The electricity is also canceled in Nice – authorities suspect intentions

Again there was a power failure in the south of France. After the failure of several hours on Saturday in Cannes and surrounding municipalities, almost 45,000 households in the coastal city of Nice were affected in the morning. The reason is a night fire on a transformer. Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi wrote on X of « malicious acts ». Several French media reported that the public prosecutor assumes an intentional act. The electricity was quickly back, as Estrosi wrote.

On Saturday, 160,000 households in and around Cannes were cut off from the power grid for hours. Previously there had been a fire at an electricity work at night. The gendarmerie comes from a criminal background. In addition, a mast fell on a high -voltage line. At first there was no information about whether the power failure in Nice was related to that in Cannes.

The prizes were awarded at the Film Festival in Cannes on Saturday evening. The award ceremony went normally. The festival pavilion has its own independent power supply. The operation continued to run normally during the power failure in the city. Film screenings in the « Cineum », a multiplex cinema that is outside the center, were interrupted.