Sabotage with serious consequences.
Two telephony relay antennas burned down in Albi (Tarn) during the night from Friday to Saturday, with the direct effects of difficulties in reaching the usual emergency numbers - the 15th, 17th and 18th - from a cell phone, in particular for subscribers to the Bouygues and SFR networks.
This, in the Tarn but also part of the Aveyron.
The two prefectures recommend that users use 112 in an emergency.
Some inhabitants are also deprived of TNT.
ℹ️⚠️ Due to a failure on a relay antenna, Bouygues and SFR subscribers may have difficulty reaching emergency numbers 17 and 18.
➡ For any emergency, you can contact the number 112.
- Prefect of Tarn (@ prefet81) September 11, 2021
According to the Tarn prefecture, these voluntary degradations "impacted 52,000 subscribers" in all.
The situation was restored for 20,000 of them on Saturday evening and, for the others, "work is underway to restore the situation as soon as possible".
Antennas under surveillance
For the first pylon, located north of the Tarn prefecture, Mascrabière coast, the firefighters were called on Friday at 10:35 p.m.
The second fire broke out shortly before 2 a.m. at another site.
For the night from Saturday to Sunday, the pylons in the sector were placed under surveillance by the police.
No other outbreak of fire was reported.
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