The fire broke out early on Wednesday, May 7 on an important electric transformer. electricity is cut on a part of the city of St Chamond
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Difficult awakening for part of the Saint-Chamonais, deprived of electricity for several hours.
-A fire was indeed declared on a large electric transformer around 3 a.m., at the entrance to the city of Saint-Chamond, at the exit of the RN88, according to information by Saint Etienne Loire confirmed by the Loire prefecture.
The Loire fire and rescue service has put the means since fifteen machines are on site. The difficulty for firefighters was initially to be able to intervene directly on this installation of several hundred meters due to the electric arcs. It was therefore necessary to cut the electricity.
In addition, a nearby residential building has been evacuated as a precaution.
Currently the disaster is still being intervention.
