During the night of Sunday to Monday, October 27, two fires ravaged sensitive infrastructure not far from the TGV station in Valence (Drôme).

The first act of sabotage targeted the Barris quarry, near the Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence railway line, at around 3:30 a.m.: five construction machines (a 50-ton hydraulic excavator, a 40-ton loader, and three articulated trucks) went up in smoke, as did the building that housed the production plant. The Cheval public works group, which specializes in the extraction of aggregates used in concrete manufacturing, believes that “the separate and distant locations of [three] fires lead us to believe that this was not an accident,” and estimates the damage at five to six million euros. In addition, the destruction of the aggregate production plant by fire will result in the cessation of this activity for “at least six months,” lamented the company’s president. Continue reading Alixon/St Marcel-lès-Valence (Drôme): sabotaging the TGV and the nearby quarry (France) →