A new arson in the Drôme affected a technical room of the
Orange
group
, on the night of Tuesday 16 to Wednesday 17 February in Crest, the day after another fire that targeted an antenna in Gigors-et-Lozeron in the same department , we learned from the prosecution.
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The fire, which "
generated significant damage to the building and to the equipment of the telephone dispatcher
", affected more than 6,000 customers on the fixed network and the Internet, said Wednesday February 17 in a press release the
Orange
group
, which immediately dispatched its teams for the first repairs.
The mobile network was “
also disrupted
” in the disaster area which, besides Crest, includes the municipalities of Die, Eurre, Divajeu, Solaure-en-Diois, and Aouste-sur-Sye, he adds, specifying that an investigation has been opened.
This arson follows that already perpetrated against a similar technical room of the operator, on the night of Monday to Tuesday, serving the sector of Gigors-et-Lozeron north of Crest.
Around 500 customers of the Orange mobile network were then deprived of service and around thirty for the fixed network and Internet.
The gendarmerie is responsible for the investigation.
Numerous arson fires have targeted telephone installations, in particular relay antennas, in France in recent months.
In 2020, the authorities had identified a hundred voluntary damage to telephone towers across the country.
Some of these actions have been claimed by the ultra-left.
