Fire at a EDF Site Near Ajaccio, Many Private Electricity Homes

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For reasons which remain to be determined a fire was declared this Sunday on the EDF site of Baleone, thus depriving several Ajaccian homes and residents of neighbouring municipalities of electricity. Important means of rescue went on site. According to the prefecture of Corsica 12,000 homes were impacted by the fire of one of the EDF transformers. The electricity teams of France and the various rescue services multiplied to control the effects …

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On Sunday 15 June, a fire broke out at a EDF site in the municipality of Sarrola-Carcopino. The intervention is still under way. Many homes are currently without electricity. EDF Corsica indicates that the "refuelling is progressive".