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Arson suspected as power outage in southeast France disrupts final day of Cannes Film Festival
- On Saturday morning, approximately 160,000 households in southeastern France, including the town of Cannes amid its film festival finale, experienced a widespread electricity blackout.
- The power outage occurred shortly after a fire broke out overnight at a substation close to Cannes, which likely compromised the electrical grid and was triggered by a fallen high-voltage line.
- The blackout disrupted traffic lights, halted two morning screenings briefly at festival venues including the Cineum, and caused some shops along the Croisette to close temporarily.
- Festival organizers said the Palais des Festivals switched to independent power, enabling all events and the closing ceremony to proceed under normal conditions despite the outage.
- The French national gendarmerie is investigating the possibility of deliberate arson for the fire, but no arrests have been made and restoration efforts continue.
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It’s a good thing he doesn’t need any more attention! Kevin Spacey, who bemoaned his career struggles last week while accepting an honor at Cannes, evoked a classic Johnny line from “Airplane” on Saturday, as if to suggest it was he who caused the broad power outage that disrupted much of southeastern France and threatened the closing ceremony. Spacey – using what appears to be AI – posted an image on X of himself as Johnny, the mischievous and …
Khan and Neighboring Municipalities Have Regained Power, Sabotage Is Suspected
According to information from the French national electricity distribution network operator RTE, at around 4:45 p.m., all 160,000 households affected by the massive power outage in Cannes and neighboring municipalities since this morning had their electricity restored, and the outage was suspected to have been caused by arson on the electrical infrastructure.
Power outage at Cannes Film Festival caused by deliberate acts of sabotage, police say
Deliberate acts of sabotage left much of southeastern France without power on the final day of the glamorous Cannes Film Festival, sparking an arson investigation ahead of closing celebrations, including the much-anticipated Palme d’Or ceremony. Some 160,000 homes in the Alpes-Maritimes region, which includes Cannes, were affected by the sweeping blackout on Saturday, which dragged on for several hours and threatened to jeopardize the events bef…
Cannes, with the lights back on after outage, prepares to award the Palme d'Or
The Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony got underway Saturday after a major power outage struck southeastern France due to what police suspected as arson. The ceremony and the awarding of
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