About 1,500 people gathered in a former factory in Saint-Florentin, in Yonne, on January 1, 2022, to celebrate the New Year. The revelers arrived just before midnight.
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A rave party is underway on Saturday January 1 in an old factory in Saint-Florentin, in Yonne, reports France Bleu Auxerre. 1,500 revelers gathered to celebrate the New Year. Specifies the Yonne prefecture in a press release this Saturday mid-morning. “To preserve public order and public health, this gathering must end”, insists the prefect who issued a decree prohibiting these undeclared gatherings.
The revelers gathered in a parking lot of a shopping center in Migennes before reaching the site of the former Sicli fire extinguisher manufacturing plant, located in the Saunière industrial zone. “Around 500 vehicles illegally occupy the exterior part of an industrial site”, specifies the prefecture which opened a departmental operational center.
A large gendarmerie device has been on site since midnight, to secure the surroundings of the site and the traffic routes. “A security perimeter has been installed and alcohol and narcotics checks are underway”, continues the prefecture.
The prefect who “strongly condemns” this “free party” is in connection with the public prosecutor so that an investigation is opened for “unlawful organization of a festive musical gathering”.