×
GreekEnglish

×
  • Politics
  • Diaspora
  • World
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Cooking
Monday
15
Dec 2025
weather symbol
Athens 12°C
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • World
  • Diaspora
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Mediterranean Cooking
  • Weather
Contact follow Protothema:
Powered by Cloudevo
> World

Breaking: Area near Lyon evacuated

Car full of gas bottles found

Newsroom June 16 06:47

According to reports, an area close to the French city of Lyon has been evacuated after police detected a car with 14 gas bottles. Police have cordoned off the area of Chasse-sur-Rhône after they and special bomb squad was sent to investigate a Peugeot 406. Local media report a driver has been arrested. The car was reportedly discovered in a factory in Seveso. According to the head of cabinet of the prefect of Isère, Alexander Grimaud, 200 residents have been evacuated. “At the present time, there is no need to close the A7 motorway or the railways. It was only asked of us that no train stops at Chasse-sur-Rhône station.”

Ask me anything

Explore related questions

#area#bomb#bottles#car#evacuation#France#gas#lyon
> More World

Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news

See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr

> Latest Stories

From soy to meat: Why vegan products are post-dated

December 15, 2025

Greek scientists uncovered the history of the Red Sea

December 15, 2025

25,000 public sector employees will receive bonuses of up to €2,000 this year, based on evaluation using Artificial Intelligence

December 15, 2025

Merz and Zelensky see progress in the Ukrainian talks: “Painful” territorial talks

December 15, 2025

ALCO: New Democracy’s lead in the voting intention at 12 points with a double score, one in five voters undecided

December 15, 2025

The true story behind the 1992 “Rififi” burglary that became a series by

December 15, 2025

Amnesty for about 20,000 prisoners is planned by the President of Azerbaijan

December 15, 2025

Weather: Rain over the weekend, the two disturbances that will affect the country until Christmas week

December 15, 2025
All News

> Greece

25,000 public sector employees will receive bonuses of up to €2,000 this year, based on evaluation using Artificial Intelligence

The payments will be made in the first months of 2026 – Beneficiaries were identified using the SMART method and an AI-based evaluation system

December 15, 2025

The true story behind the 1992 “Rififi” burglary that became a series by

December 15, 2025

Weather: Rain over the weekend, the two disturbances that will affect the country until Christmas week

December 15, 2025

Breast cancer: When to begin preventive screening – The warning symptoms

December 15, 2025

Strike tomorrow (16/12): what applies to schools

December 15, 2025
Homepage
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY COOKIES POLICY TERM OF USE
Powered by Cloudevo
Copyright © 2025 Πρώτο Θέμα