The southeastern part of France, including the city of Cannes, suffered a power outage on Saturday, temporarily disrupting the international film festival.
About 160,000 households lost power on Saturday morning around 10 a.m. following a fire at a high-voltage transformer and damage to power lines, France’s electricity operator RTE said, adding it is working to restore the system.
Both the fire and the damage to the power lines appeared to be of criminal origin, according to the local police which opened an investigation.
