Another ten people are injured after plastic plants caught fire as a waiter flambéed a dish.
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At least two people have died and another ten were injured after a waiter flambéed a dish, accidentally setting fire to an Italian restaurant on a busy Friday evening in Madrid.Plastic plants in the restaurant caught fire during the flambé process, and the flames rapidly spread.It is usually done for dramatic effect and to give food a smoky flavour.
The fire broke out near the entrance of the Burro Canaglia restaurant, which made it harder for people to escape, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported.Though the blaze was extinguished quickly, it was "extremely intense" and generated "a lot of smoke," the Mayor of Madrid, Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida said.
The mayor said there had been about 30 diners and staff members in the restaurant at the time of the fire. He warned there would have been more victims had the firefighters taken longer to attend the scene, adding that it was extinguished within 10 minutes from the first warning of the blaze.
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