The troublemakers have decided to play extra time. In Décines-Charpieu (Rhône), near Lyon, firefighters had to intervene to extinguish vehicles set on fire during the night of Saturday 1 to Sunday 2 January.
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In rue Paul and Marc Barbezat, around 2:40 a.m., eight cars were burnt on purpose, reports
Le Progrès
, before the fire spread to eight other vehicles.
Firefighters took more than two hours to contain the fire.
Two companies located in the street also had to be the subject of an intervention because of the smoke which entered their premises.
