A second energy outage in two days his hit the French Riviera area after a hearth at a substation in Good in a single day, which authorities stated was attributable to a malicious act.
At the least 45,000 houses have been affected after the blaze broke out at round 02:00 native time (01:00 BST) on Sunday, a day after close by Cannes suffered a large blackout that was blamed on suspected sabotage.
Police in Good say “tire tracks” have been discovered and the door to the substation, within the west of the town, was “damaged”, in line with native media studies.
Good Airport, the tramway community, and neighbouring cities of Saint-Laurent-du-Var and Cagnes-sur-Mer, have been impacted earlier than energy was restored later within the morning.
Good’s mayor Christian Estrosi stated on X that he “strongly denounced” the “malicious acts that have an effect on our nation”.
Town’s deputy mayor, Gaël Nofri, stated the substation hearth was “in all probability of prison origin”.
It got here a day after Cannes suffered a serious blackout through the worldwide movie pageant. Officers stated it might have been attributable to an arson assault on a substation.
Round 160,000 houses within the metropolis and surrounding areas misplaced energy.
A number of screenings have been interrupted by the facility reduce within the morning, earlier than pageant organisers have been capable of swap to non-public mills.
In the intervening time, no hyperlink has been established between the 2 incidents.
Estrosi stated authorities would reinforce the safety community across the Good’s electrical websites. An investigation into “organised arson” has been opened.
Good prosecutor Damien Martinelli was quoted by AFP information company as saying investigations have been underway, specifically “to make clear the harm and the way during which the act was dedicated”.
