Flambé fire kills two in Madrid restaurant

At slightest 2 radical person died and different 10 were injured aft a waiter flambéed a dish, accidentally mounting occurrence to an Italian edifice connected a engaged Friday evening successful Madrid.

One of the injured is successful a captious information and 5 others person superior injuries.

Plastic plants successful the edifice caught occurrence during the flambé process, and the flames rapidly spread.

Flambéeing is simply a method that involves the usage of a blowtorch to airy food.

It is usually done for melodramatic effect and to springiness nutrient a smoky flavour.

The occurrence broke retired adjacent the entranceway of the Burro Canaglia restaurant, which made it harder for radical to escape, Spanish paper El Pais reported.

The insubstantial besides reported that 1 of those who died was an employee.

Though the blaze was extinguished quickly, it was "extremely intense" and generated "a batch of smoke," the Mayor of Madrid, Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida said.

The politician said determination had been astir 30 diners and unit members successful the edifice astatine the clip of the fire.

He warned determination would person been much victims had the firefighters taken longer to be the scene, adding that it was extinguished wrong 10 minutes from the archetypal informing of the blaze.

Police person launched an probe into the causes of the fire.