At least two people died and another 10 suffered injuries, six of them seriously, as a result of a fire that started this Friday in an Italian restaurant in the Spanish city of Madrid, according to witnesses because of a flambéed dish, the authorities reported. and the press.
According to witnesses quoted by the newspaper El País, the fire started when a waiter was flaming a plate and the fire quickly ignited due to the decoration of the local plants.
“One of the waiters was going to give the final touch to a plate with a torch to flambé it, he was carrying the burning plate in one hand and the torch in the other, when he passed near a column with plants and in a matter of seconds everything was on fire. “, a client, who identified herself as Ruth, told the Spanish newspaper.
According to Spanish media, one of the deceased is a waiter and the other is a customer.
The firefighters indicated that they were able to act quickly, since their station is about 400 meters away and several people ran to the place to warn of the event.
“People have gone running to the fire station. Our response time has been very fast, because half of the crews have left running, and the other half with the vehicles,” Carlos Marín, head of the fire department, told reporters. from Madrid
