Tragedy in Madrid: two dead and ten injured in a restaurant fire caused by a flambéed dish

Two people were killed and 10 others were injured.are you of them seriously, like consequence of a fire started on Friday evening in an Italian restaurant in the Spanish city of Madrid with a flambé pizza.

“One of the waiters was about to finish off a plate with a blowtorch to flame it, he carried the burning plate in one hand and the blowtorch in the other, he passed by a column with plants and in a few seconds everything was on fire‘ he told the newspaper Village a witness who identified herself as Ruth.

The fire, which broke out around 11pm in the Bar&Resto Burro Canaglia, originated from flames erupting from a flambéed pizza and quickly spread to the ceiling and walls of the room, which were decorated with plastic plants, a highly flammable material.

In the images published on the restaurant’s website and on its social networks, the flambé pizza that caused the fire appears as a prominent dish. There are even videos where you can see how the dish arrives at the diners on fire.

The mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martinez-Almeidaindicated this Saturday that the fire in the restaurant originated from “a flambéed pizza that could have set fire to the decor of the establishment” and specified that “the license is being studied”.

In statements to local media, the mayor explained it the deceased is a customer and a local worker, where at the time of the fire there were about thirty people.

“He was very lucky because the the fire station was next door, it was another 4 or 5 minutes and the number of victims would have been higher“, Almeida stressed acknowledging the work done by the fire brigade team.

Furthermore, he specified that the place where the fire broke out was near the exit of the room, so only customers who were near the door were able to exit quickly while the others were trapped by the flames.

The firefighters said they were able to act quickly as their position was about 400 meters away and several people rushed to the scene to warn of the incident.

“People rushed to the fire station, which is why our response time was very fast. Half of the crews escaped and the other half with vehicles,” said Carlos Marín, head of the service at the fire station. journalists Firefighters of Madrid.

The affirmation of the gastronomic place

Less than 24 hours after the incident, Donkey Canaglia released a statement to convey his “condolences to the families affected”.

“From the Burro Canaglia team we are deeply moved by the death of the victims of the fire that took place yesterday evening at the headquarters of Manuel Becerra, in Madrid”, indicates the official text.

And he concludes: “Through this statement we extend the maximum Sincere condolences to the affected families and we wish a speedy recovery to the injured.”