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Arson suspected as power outage in southeast France disrupts final day of Cannes Film Festival
- On May 24, 2025, a significant blackout affected southeastern France, leaving 160,000 households without power and disrupting activities at the Cannes Film Festival.
- The outage followed a fire at a nearby electrical substation overnight, which weakened the grid, and a high-voltage line falling that morning, though the exact cause remains unidentified.
- The outage briefly halted festival screenings, affected traffic lights causing jams and confusion, closed most shops, and disrupted train services in Cannes and surrounding towns.
- Festival organizers switched the Palais des Festivals to an independent power supply enabling all scheduled events, including the closing ceremony and prize announcements, to proceed as planned.
- Authorities, including the national gendarmerie, are investigating possible arson at the substation, but no arrests have been made as restoration efforts continue and residents are urged to remain cautious.
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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
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 the festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or, remained as scheduled during the hours-long outage due to an alternative power supply. But a few hours before stars began streaming down the red carpet, power was restored in Cannes. Laurent Hottiaux, the prefect of t…
Cannes Film Festival Closing Ceremony Nearly Canceled Due to Power Outage
A power outage was reported on Saturday in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France, with French electricity provider RTE saying around 160,000 households in and around Cannes could be affected.
On Last Day of Cannes, All Goes Dark
A major power outage struck southeastern France on Saturday morning, disrupting traffic and briefly halting events at the Cannes Film Festival as the prestigious event prepared to hand out its top prize. Power was restored around 3pm local time, amid cheers from bystanders and music blasting again from beachfront speakers....
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