A waiter 'flambéeing a pizza' accidentally set a Madrid restaurant alight on Friday night, starting a fire which killed two people and injured 10 others
The freak accident injured 10 others with one of the casualties in a critical condition after the fire at Burro Canaglia in central Madrid.
A waiter who was flambéeing a dish accidentally caught plastic plants at the front of the restaurant alight - with the blaze quickly getting out of control. The placement of the fire made it difficult for diners to escape before firefighters arrives after ten minutes and extinguished the blaze.Flambéeing is a cooking technique which involves using a small blow-torch, commonly known as a blow-lamp, to set food alight to complete the dish.Destroyed furniture could still be seen in the front forecourt of the razed restaurant.The restaurant's facade showed signs of the fire when pictured on the day after the blaze which has claimed two lives.
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