France’s fast trains were damaged by fire on Friday. This happened just before the Olympics started. Many people could not travel because of this.
People who are looking into what happened told AFP that the fires were done on purpose to cause trouble. They think someone wanted to stop the trains from working.
The train company also added that this was a really big attack to stop all the fast trains from working. Many trains will not be running because of this.
The train company SCCF said bad things happened at the same time to their trains overnight. People started fires to damage the trains. This made it hard for trains to run in the north, east, and west of France. The problems will last until the weekend while they fix the trains.
A lot of people who wanted to travel by train couldn’t because of this. The government called the fires a very bad crime that will cause big problems for trains all weekend. Many trains will not be running, and the train company is trying to find other ways for trains to go but will have to cancel many trips. Luckily, the trains in the southeast are okay because someone tried to do something bad but failed
