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Blackout in France

PARIS: A power outage left about 5 million people in France, including parts of the capital, without electricity, according to fire-fighters and media reports. The outage struck around 10 p.m. local time on Saturday, affecting about 15 regions, including Rhone, Isere, Loire, Ain and Saone-et-Loire, fire-fighters there said. France Info radio quoted French power utility Electricite de France as saying about 5 million people were still without power early Sunday, and that it was not sure when it would be able to bring consumers back online. No injuries were reported, though fire-fighters in Paris said they had responded to nearly 40 calls from people stuck in elevators. The cause of the blackout was not immediately clear. — AP

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