More than 800 cars were set on fire in France on New Year's Eve, with arson incidents occurring in multiple areas.

【Over 800 cars burned in France on New Year's Eve】

On January 1, 2026, at Paris time, the French TV channel BFMTV reported:

According to the preliminary report from the French police, a total of 813 cars were set on fire from the night of December 31 to the early morning of January 1. Among them, 183 cars caught fire due to the spread of the flames. In the department of Bas-Rhin, where Strasbourg is located, the highest number of such incidents was recorded, with a total of 117 cars burned. In the Rhône department and its administrative center Lyon, 82 cars were set on fire. Then came the Gironde department in the west and the Val-d'Oise department in the suburbs of Paris, where 36 cars were burned.

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