AN “ultra-left anarchist gang” has claimed responsibility for a blackout that plunged 160,000 homes into darkness on the Côte d’Azur – just hours before the Cannes Film Festival awards show.

"We are looking into the likelihood of a fire being started deliberately," said a spokesperson for the French national gendarmerie, adding that no arrests had been made at this stage.

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The Cannes Film Festival wrapped up with a significant power outage, Jafar Panahi earning the Palme d'Or and new red carpet rules.

An electrical transformer was set on fire in what appears to be an act of vandalism. Some 45,000 homes were temporarily without power in Nice and some neighboring towns. Power was restored by early Sunday morning.

Nice following the one that affected the Cannes area on Saturday. The intentional fire of an electrical transformer caused a new massive blackout in southern France in the early hours of Sunday. More than 45,

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