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Big power failure and internet in the western Alps Maritimes in France (Antibes, Cannes Mandelieu) for 160,000 households of 10 AM at 2:30 p.M. PM due apparently to malicious acts, a criminal fire on an electric site in the Tanneron (Var) and 3 sawn feet of a high -voltage pylon in Villeneuve Loubet (Alpes Maritimes). Lived live.
 
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Big power failure and internet in the western Alps Maritimes in France (Antibes, Cannes Mandelieu) for 160,000 households of 10 AM at 2:30 p.M. PM due apparently to malicious acts, a criminal fire on an electric site in the Tanneron (Var) and 3 sawn feet of a high -voltage pylon in Villeneuve Loubet (Alpes Maritimes). Lived live.
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Yeah, to give an idea, this is the photo of pylon that was sawn (sawn with what?? This is extremely thick):

pylon, sawn, France

They missed their chance to have a blackout on France last time so they try others means?

www.leparisien.fr

Alpes-Maritimes : ce que l’on sait de l’importante panne d’électricité qui a touché 160 000 foyers et le Festival de Cannes

Une partie du département subit une panne de courant ce samedi en raison de la chute d’un pylône. Les 160 000 foyers touchés ont été réalime
www.leparisien.fr www.leparisien.fr
 
Most likely actual sabotage and the Cannes film festival was probably the target. Can't really blame whoever did it.

It's already a big brothel in town with electricity ... So without !!
But the activity of the palais des festivals and film projections was able to continue with generators. No doubt also for luxury hotels in la Croisette. On the other hand only the beggars were without electricity.
 
Don Cesar said:
Most likely actual sabotage and the Cannes film festival was probably the target.
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The story goes on. The lefties did it. There's claims to disrupt part of industrial/military factories in the region. Translated from here in French (France Inter radio, almost a state media) :

Power cut at Cannes Film Festival: anarchist plot emerges

The “malicious acts” that led to a massive power cut in the Alpes-Maritimes on the last day of the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday have been claimed by anarchist groups, who wanted to “disrupt the festival”.

The anarchist theory is being investigated following the power cut in the Alpes-Maritimes on Saturday morning, on the bangs of the Cannes Film Festival. Fires broke out at the Saint-Cassien power station in Tanneron, Var, and pylons were sawed down in the Alpes-Maritimes on Friday night. These actions were claimed on Sunday by two anarchist groups.

The claim was published on the “Indymedia Nantes” website, which is close to the ultra-left:
“We claim responsibility for the attack on electrical installations on the Côte d'Azur.” The “two bands of anarchists” - as they call themselves in the press release - add that “on the eve of the Cannes Film Festival awards ceremony and gala evening, we sabotaged the main electrical substation supplying the Cannes conurbation, and sawed down the 225 kV line coming from Nice”. The stated aim was to “cut off” a ceremony deemed “obscene on the shores of a sea that has become a cemetery for refugees, and the industrial dustbin of a society that loves to bring revolt to the screen, but represses and imprisons anyone who rises up against its domination of the world”.

The aim of this action, they say, was to “disrupt the festival, but also to deprive Thales Alenia Space's research centers and factories, its dozens of subcontractors, the French Tech start-ups who imagine themselves sheltered, the airport and all the other industrial, military and technological establishments in the area, of power”. The perpetrators of this claim wanted to “extinguish this deadly system”.

Another arson attack on an electrical transformer in Nice on Saturday night affected 45,000 homes. The city of Nice has lodged a complaint, and mayor Christian Estrosi will forward the CCTV images to the courts.

“We are assessing the credibility of this claim,” said the Draguignan public prosecutor on Sunday evening. The same applies to the Grasse public prosecutor's office. The Nice public prosecutor, who was not mentioned in the press release, also indicated that he was in the process of analyzing the claim. For the time being, investigations are continuing separately, under the authority of these three magistrates.
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Ellipse said:
(sawn with what?? This is extremely thick)
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Most probably with some cordless electric tools or gasoline engines ones (They can be very powerful nowadays) or even with a portable oxygen torch.
 
Most probably with some cordless electric tools
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Precisely I doubt of that due to the required power. Gasoline engines yeah, but the level of organisation is a degree higher. You have to rent it, have a car to tow it across forest path and so on... It's not very discreet. And it's noisy although there are sound-proof ones.

Perhaps oxygen torch yeah if you use simultaneously several to work on parallel. I'm not sure of the efficiency on such thick and huge structure which diffuse the heat very well. And you're in the outside with the wind eventually.

So what appeals to me is the degree of organisation required. So anarchist group? Maybe.

And perhaps it's not as thick as an imagine:

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La Palma is once again left without power due to an energy blackout
La Palma is without power this afternoon due to a new power outage, caused by a turbine trip.

A power outage left the island of La Palma without electricity on Tuesday, according to sources from the Canary Islands government and the La Palma Island Council, as confirmed by EFE.

The power outage occurred at 5:32 p.m. “due to a turbine failure” that caused a complete shutdown, affecting a total of 50,289 power supplies, according to information provided by Endesa to the island's administration.
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A massive power outage has paralyzed a large part of the Czech Republic today. Four regions and Prague (out of 13 regions plus Prague) were affected. This is extremely rare and unprecedented in this extent over the last 2-3 decades. Our power grid ranks among the most resilient in the world due to the presence of heavy industry during the Communist era. They are blaming it on "the fall of a phase conductor."

Speculatively, there may be an issue with overproduction from renewables in northern Germany flowing into the Czech Republic; some say this could have been the cause of the malfunction.

In most places, the blackout lasted 2-3 hours, while in the northern part of the country, where I am, the power was restored after 5 hours.

Some additional technical info, translated from local mainstream news site:

Authorities and police have no information suggesting that the outages were caused by an attack; according to energy officials, the cause was the fall of a phase conductor.

The problem originated from the fall of a phase conductor on the V411 line, which connects two important substations in the Ústí nad Labem Region: Výškov and Hradec. As a result, part of the transmission system was left without power.

The fall of the conductor led to the outage of Block 6 at the Ledvice power plant. "There was also an overload on the V208 line and a blackout at the Krasíkov substation. Subsequently, a part of the transmission system was isolated and could not be operated," stated the operator of the transmission network, ČEPS, on social media.

"All substations of the transmission system have been re-energized. Currently, efforts are underway to restore electricity supply at the distribution level."
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Here is one article from an English paper:

Power Restored Across Czechia After Major Blackout​

JUL 04, 2025
Prague Morning

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Power has been fully restored across the Czech Republic following a widespread blackout that disrupted electricity supplies to Prague, parts of eastern Bohemia, and several northern and central regions, including Liberec, Ústí nad Labem, and the Central Bohemian Region.

According to ČEPS, the national transmission system operator, all substations are now operational, and electricity distribution is gradually stabilizing across the affected areas. The outage struck around midday on Friday, causing extensive disruptions in both residential and public infrastructure.

In Prague, large areas went dark, with two-thirds of the city temporarily without electricity. “The outage primarily hit the right bank of the Vltava River,” said Jan Bílek, spokesperson for Pražská energetika (PRE), in a statement to Czech Television.

Substations in Malešice and Chodov were among those knocked offline. For a brief period, Řeporyje was the only operational substation serving the capital. By around 2:15 p.m., ČEPS confirmed that all Prague-area substations were back online.

PRE’s Petr Holubec reported that by 2:30 p.m., most districts in Prague had their power restored. He acknowledged that some outer areas, including Letňany and Černý Most, might have experienced delays, but were also expected to be reconnected shortly.

However, as of 2:50 p.m., households in Vršovice and Strašnice were still experiencing outages.

In the Liberec region, electricity restoration took longer, with parts of the Česká Lípa district still without power even after 3 p.m. ČEPS has yet to provide a definitive explanation for the system failure but indicated that a transmission network disruption was the root cause, triggering a chain reaction that knocked out most substations.

Energy specialists say it will take additional time to analyze the incident fully. In the meantime, ČEPS crews and regional distributors remain on high alert to monitor the grid and prevent any further instability.
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The ups and downs of relying on credit/debit cards.

Nets is down – card payments are being rejected throughout Denmark and Europe
There are major problems with card payments throughout the country, according to Nets. Danes are also experiencing problems in many places around the world.

On Saturday evening, there were major problems with card payments throughout Denmark.

This was confirmed by Søren Winge, press officer at the payment company Nets, to TV 2 earlier on Saturday.

Now it appears that operations have returned to normal.

“It appears that operations have now returned to normal, and that it is possible to begin receiving payments. However, there may still be issues in some locations,” he told TV 2.

He explained that Nets does not yet know the cause of the major outage, which affected all of Denmark and Danes abroad.

Problems around the world
TV 2 has received over 60 inquiries from Danish travelers around the world who have been unable to pay or withdraw money.

This includes Danes in the US, Canada, Turkey, England, France, Italy, Greece, Germany, Cyprus, Poland, Austria, Spain, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, and many other countries.
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