The significant power outage that affected Cannes and the western part of the Alpes-Maritimes is coming to an end. Electricity has been restored to the 160,000 affected households, as announced by the French network manager, RTE, on Saturday, May 24 in the late afternoon. This outage was caused by malicious acts, as stated by the department prefecture and the Grasse prosecutor’s office. Deliberate fires initially affected a power plant in Var, in Tanneron, during the night from Friday to Saturday, while three pillars of a pylon were later sawn off in Villeneuve-Loubet on Saturday morning. Two investigations have been launched. In Cannes, the closing ceremony of the festival will proceed as planned, starting at 6 p.m. Follow our live updates.
The Orange network affected. Authorities are closely monitoring the telephone networks in the «coming hours,» as specified by the prefecture. «Some Orange relays are currently facing difficulties. They have been on backup power since this morning, but some have exceeded their backup capacity of about 2 hours. We have a few Orange relays temporarily disconnected,» detailed the prefecture to ICI Azur. The networks of other operators are not affected.
Two deliberate fires during the night. These two fires affected the Saint-Cassien power plant in Tanneron (Var), according to the Ministry of the Interior, causing an initial power outage for 45,000 customers during the night. Criminal identification technicians are on site, and the Draguignan research brigade has taken over the case, as reported by the gendarmerie to France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Temporary impact on the Cannes Film Festival. The screening of the film «Sirât» was interrupted on the Croisette on Saturday morning, as reported by France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Traffic lights were out for a significant part of the day, but power was restored in the late afternoon. During the return to normal, the Palais des Festivals was powered by generators in preparation for the successful conduct of the closing ceremony at 6 p.m.
Elle explique qu’il y a actuellement des problèmes avec certains relais Orange, qui étaient en batterie de secours depuis ce matin mais certains sont maintenant hors service après environ 2 heures. Certains relais Orange sont temporairement hors service, mais les réseaux des autres opérateurs ne sont pas touchés.
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