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A power cut deprives 175,000 customers in the Angevin area this Thursday morning

BREAKDOWN – Since 11 a.m. this Thursday, a power cut deprived Angers (Maine-et-Loire) and its surroundings of power for nearly two hours. 70% of customers had regained electricity by early afternoon, according to RTE

Breakdown on the city. This Thursday morning, from 11 a.m., a power cut deprived Angers in the Maine et Loire and its current surroundings for nearly two hours. According to the Twitter account of Electricity transmission network (RTE), “175,000 customers were deprived of electricity at the height of the cut in Angers and its surroundings”.

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The telephone network was very disrupted. Tram traffic was interrupted and traffic lights suddenly went out.

Vinci Autoroutes also indicated in a press release that “as a safety measure […] the tunnelAngers – Avrillé on the A11 has been closed since 11.40 am in both directions of traffic”. This event caused major traffic disruptions on the A11 motorway between interchanges No. 15 Angers Center and No. 18 Saint-Jean-de-Linières.

A social movement at the origin

What could have caused this general outage? In a press release relayed by West Francethe Maine-et-Loire prefecture explained: “Following a (…) Read more at 20 minutes

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