[3][4] As presedent, on January 6, set fire to a nativity scene and the Virgin Mary statue at the Saint Charles Cathedral in Saint-Etienne, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, leaving important material damage.

[7] After the fact, this attack, claimed by the local anarchists movement,[8] is considered by the Public Prosecutor of Grenoble[9] and Le Dauphiné libéré,[10] as the first in a series of criminal acts mainly consisting of arson.

[16][17] On June 8, an Enedis electricity distributor in Crest, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, was set fire leaving important material damage and affected nearly a 165,000 users, being claimed by Wild Individualities.

[19][20][21] During the summer, premises belonging to Enedis and TDF antennas were targeted in the neighboring departments of Drôme and Ardèche, being claimed for the cell "Conspiracy of Complicit and Chaotic Individuals" (Konspiration d’Individualités Complices et Kaotiques).

[23] Another fire broke out two days later, destroying around thirty vehicles in a warehouse of more than 1500 m2 (16145.87 square feets) at a gendarmerie barracks car park in Vigny-Musset in Grenoble, leaving one officer intoxicaded by smoking when approach to the area.

[32] Weeks later (November 21), the CCSTI of Grenoble to be ravaged by a fire destroying its Fab lab[33] The criminal act, the damage of which is estimated at several million euros.

In the days that followed, the staff of this center, nicknamed "La Casemate", received numerous testimonies of support, including some from the United States, Norway and Japan.

[40] In the disaster, 4300 tires in storage go up in smoke,[41] for this last case, the criminal nature of the facts was confirmed in the morning, but without the prosecution being able to establish a link with the previous arson attacks claimed by anarchists.

[42] On April 23, the Comradeship of Costly Greens (Amicale Verts Cherts) claimed the burn of four trucks at the premises of a towing company in Saint-Herblain.

[50] On the night of 16 to 17 January 2019, the Saint-Jacques church,[51] on rue de Chamrousse, was completely destroyed by a fire, forcing the evacuation of 106 local residents by emergency services.

[68] A month later, the act was claimed on Indymedia by a text castigating the municipal majority led by the environmentalist Éric Piolle,[69] accused of selling the benefits of the SmartCity and hiding the gloom behind (the) facades of eco-friendly eco-districts.

[76] On November 26, 2019, 350 police officers and gendarmes conducted searches in five squats in Fontaine and Grenoble, known to be frequented by members of the alternative movement and the Yellow Vests, as well as in the ZAD of Roybon[77][78][79] Computer equipment was seized and DNA samples were taken from those present.

[77][78][79] No arrests were made in connection with the wave of damage and fires, but five people were placed in administrative detention center and two were subject to an obligation to leave French territory.

[86][87] On the night of February 19 to 20, the company Constructel located in Sassenage and specializing in the installation of optical fiber was the target of an arson attack destroying a relay antenna, cable stocks and a platform vehicle.

On site, investigators noted the presence of anarchist inscriptions, leading the Grenoble Public Prosecutor's Office to suspect the involvement of the ultra-left movement in these acts.

[90] The next day, the most spectacular fire affected high-voltage lines running under the Brignoud bridge and supplying the semiconductor manufacturers Soitec and STMicroelectronics in Crolles,[91] shutting down their production for a few hours and causing their stock price to fall.