The power cut, caused by an impact of lightning on a high tension line, plunged Nîmes and other neighboring municipalities in the dark this Thursday, August 14, in the evening.
“From our window, no more light in the city”. This Thursday, August 14, around 10 p.m. Thursday, messages were shot on social networks. The reason? A power cut that plunged Nîmes and part of the neighboring municipalities in the dark.
Lightning impact on a high voltage line
This Friday, August 15, the Gard firefighters, which were very asked during this episode, estimate the number of subscribers affected by this breakdown at 130,000. In question, “An impact of lightning on a high voltage line”specifies the electricity transport network (RTE) in the Mediterranean, on X (ex-Twitter).
After several minutes, electricity finally returned, even if certain telephone network problems seemed to persist at times. For help, however, this cut has led to many other interventions.
Starting of fires, people blocked in the elevators, raised of doubt
“Numerous start -ups of plant fires have been treated by firefighters, numerous security impacts stuck in elevators in the town of Nîmes were carried out by firefighters as well as doubts about burnt odors in electric transformers”list in particular the departmental fire and rescue service of the Gard.
Firefighters also recall that their call center is not intended for “Give information about the power outage”. “We recall that firefighters do not have this type of information and these calls block the emergency lines for emergency calls”they conclude.
