Cannes Film Festival Perseveres Through Power Outage Caused by Suspected Sabotage
- A large-scale blackout affected southeastern France on Saturday, disrupting activities in Cannes during the final day of its 78th film festival.
- The power outage was triggered by a blaze that broke out overnight at a substation near Cannes, combined with damage to a high-voltage line; authorities are investigating the possibility that the fire was deliberately set.
- Around 160,000 households lost power, traffic lights and train services were affected, and some festival screenings paused briefly.
- Power restored around 3 p.m. local time, allowing the Palais des Festivals to function via backup generators, so the closing ceremony and awards proceeded as planned.
- Officials condemned the damage as a serious act and vowed to mobilize resources to identify and prosecute the perpetrators, while festival events continued without interruption.
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In the south of France there has been another blackout by sabotage.
First Cannes, now Nice: there has been another blackout in southern France. Authorities speak of a deliberate act as a cause.
Yesterday Cannes, today Nice and the French Riviera remains in the dark and with enormous doubts about safety. All because of a new, apparent sabotage to an electrical plant in the south-east of France, after those that Saturday put in danger the closure of the Cannes Festival. This time it happened not far away: in the night between Saturday and Sunday in Nice a fire at an electrical control unit, called \"dolooso" by the mayor of the city, Chr…
New sabotage to the electricity grid after yesterday's blackout in the town of Cannes and neighboring municipalities caused by two sabotages
Cannes film festival impacted after major power cut hits southern France - Egypt Independent
CNN — A major power cut across southern France left around 160,000 homes without electricity on Saturday and impacted the town of Cannes, which is currently hosting its annual international film festival. The power outage in the French department of Alpes-Maritimes began at around 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. ET), France’s electricity transmission network RTE said in a post on X. By 4:30 p.m. local time (10:30 a.m. ET), power was restored to the…
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