Yellow vests. The situation tends: reinforcements of gendarmes in Lisieux

Nearly 200 trucks are blocked by the Yellow Vests in the commercial area of ​​Lisieux, near the roundabout of Hope, late afternoon of Monday, November 19, 2018. Traffic is blocked. Tires burn at a dam: thick black smoke is seen on the other side of the city. Reinforcements of police and gendarmerie are on the spot.

In Lisieux, this Monday, November 19, 2018, for their third day of mobilization, 150 yellow vests blocked the trucks. About 200 are stationary on the Esperance roundabout, near the E. Leclerc center.

Almost no cars pass on this roundabout, occupied since Monday morning by some 150 yellow vests, but vehicles from different axes are allowed to turn around.

The situation was tense at the end of the afternoon. Tires burn, thick black smoke is seen on the other side of the city.

In Lisieux, about 200 trucks are stuck on the roundabout of Leclerc center. Police reinforcements are on site pic.twitter.com/GfitIbPJXL

Many police forces are on site. Tear gas was launched by the mobile gendarmes, to disperse the blockers.