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      France: Chasse-sur-Rhone residents evacuated after 'strong smell of gas' permeates town00:51

      France: Chasse-sur-Rhone residents evacuated after 'strong smell of gas' permeates town

      France, Lyon
      Politics
      June 16, 2017 at 21:18 GMT +00:00 · Published

      French police set up security cordons and evacuated residents of the town of Chasse-sur-Rhone, south of Lyon, Friday, after receiving an alert of a car stuffed with gas canisters, Friday.

      Almost 200 people were evacuated from their homes while bomb squads examined the vehicle.

      A 27-year-old man, believed to have been the driver of the car, was arrested. Authorities ruled out terrorism as the motive behind the incident.

      France: Chasse-sur-Rhone residents evacuated after 'strong smell of gas' permeates town00:51
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      French police set up security cordons and evacuated residents of the town of Chasse-sur-Rhone, south of Lyon, Friday, after receiving an alert of a car stuffed with gas canisters, Friday.

      Almost 200 people were evacuated from their homes while bomb squads examined the vehicle.

      A 27-year-old man, believed to have been the driver of the car, was arrested. Authorities ruled out terrorism as the motive behind the incident.