THE BAD NEWS:
-- "On New Year’s Eve, French authorities report that 874 cars were set on fire and 441 people were arrested as Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin noted the figures were a decrease from prior years." --THE GOOD NEWS:
-- "The Interior Minister stated on Saturday that a total of 648 fires across the country caused 874 cars to be burned, a figure down from New Year’s Eve in 2019 when the country saw a record 1,457 cars set on fire." --IN OTHER CLEANSING FIRE NEWS:
-- "A 49-year-old man has been arrested after a large fire severely damaged the Houses of Parliament in the South African city of Cape Town. Further details were not immediately available." --