Cannes Film festival hit by power outage
發佈日期: 2025-05-25 11:39
TVB News
French authorities believe arson may have played a role in a power outage in southeast France that threatened to jeopardise the Cannes Film Festival's closing celebrations, including the much-anticipated Palme d'Or ceremony.
Power was restored only hours before the ceremony, as music began blasting again from speakers. The end of the blackout was greeted with loud cheers from locals. Traffic had been disrupted as lights at interchanges were out of action.
Authorities were investigating the likelihood of arson in a fire at an electrical substation near Cannes that weakened the grid overnight, a spokesperson for the French national gendarmerie said.
The power outage happened hours later, after a high-voltage line fell at another location. Authorities were investigating what caused that line to collapse.
About 160,000 households in the Alpes-Maritimes area lost electricity.
