A flambe pizza and interior decoration, replete with artificial plants, was the cause of the deadly fire in an Italian restaurant in the city. Madrid, Spaina “mousetrap” that burned down “in 10 seconds” and left two dead and 12 injured as police conducted their first investigations this Saturday.

Friday evening became a tragedy for the visitors of the Italian restaurant Burro Canaglia Bar & Resto, when even before midnight local, small and about 30 people insidebecause of the flames that reached the roof of the establishment and spread “in a matter of ten seconds” through the decoration of the premises with plastic plants.

Two people died as a result of the fire. client and employeeand twelve casualties, eight of whom are still hospitalized, some in the intensive care unit and others in the main burn wards with burns ranging from 8 to 25% of the body.

This Saturday, employees of the Scientific Police arrived at the scene. conduct appropriate checks for the first assessment of what happened, taking pictures inside and out.

This was stated by the mayor of Madrid Jose Luis Martinez Almeida. It was a flambé pizza that could have been a decoration for a restaurant. which, the adviser explained, had no emergency exit because, given “the size of the premises and the number of diners it allowed, there was no need for it.”

“There was only one exit from the premises,” said Martinez Almeida, who assured the city council would look into the status of the license.

“Everything started to burn and automatically distributed to all sites“, pointed to EFE Luis, who was dining at a restaurant with six people, explained that the cause of the fire was a flambe dessert that a waiter brought to a table next to the door, and “the ceiling automatically started to burn; it was a matter of ten seconds.”

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The place was full of plastic plants, “very beautiful, precious place” but It looked like a mousetrap.pointed out a neighbor from the neighborhood next to the restaurant.

The fire broke out at the entrance to the restaurant.which prevented the people inside from getting out. Some of them went inside, while others “stuck right at the door of the premises,” said Carlos Marin, head of the Madrid fire department.

Firefighters arrived very quickly, since the supply of this body was a few meters from the restaurant, something “fundamental” to the survival of the victims. (EFE)