An Enedis employee mobilized for storm Ciaran died in Brittany, announced the manager of the electricity distribution network.
An Enedis employee “mobilized as part of the Rapid Electricity Intervention Force (FIRE) in Pont-Aven in Brittany following the passage of storm Ciaran” died in an accident, announced Sunday ‘business.
The electricity distribution network manager learned of this death on Saturday evening, according to a press release. “The precise circumstances of this accident are not yet known,” adds Enedis.
“A time of reflection will be observed when starting work on Sunday for our 3,400 employees and workers from partner companies who are mobilized on the ground to deal with the damage from storms Ciaran and Domingos, as well as for all employees Monday morning,” the company said.
Storm toll rises to 3 deaths
Hundreds of thousands of homes found themselves without electricity in Brittany after the passage of storm Ciaran during the night from Wednesday to Thursday, as in other regions, requiring emergency interventions from Enedis to restore power. fluent.
Storm Ciaran caused at least three deaths in France: in addition to the Enedis employee, a fifty-year-old truck driver was killed by a tree that fell on his truck in Aisne, and in Le Havre, a septuagenarian suffered a fatal fall. after being hit by a shutter of his home following violent winds.
In addition, a forty-year-old woman lost her life on Thursday after falling into the water in the Sugiton cove, near Marseille, in circumstances that remain to be clarified.