Overview

• About 2,500 attendees were still on site Sunday, according to the prefecture, after the gathering began overnight Friday to Saturday in Fontjoncouse.
• Several people were taken into custody during the night, with authorities warning that anyone checked by police will be fined.
• Some 150 gendarmes are blocking access to the area and several departmental roads are closed until Monday noon to limit arrivals.
• Prefect Alain Bucquet condemned the event as dangerous for participants and disrespectful to affected residents and urged people to leave immediately.
• The rave is taking place inside a restricted zone following the August 5 wildfire that burned roughly 16,000 hectares, destroyed 36 homes and killed one person, according to the BDIFF database.