Two people dead and 12 more injured in blaze at a Madrid restaurant caused by a flaming pizza setting fire to the ceiling and walls
- The blaze started last night at Burro Canaglia Bar&Resto in Salamanca, Madrid
- One person who died was an employee and the other was a customer
Two people died and 12 more were injured at a restaurant in Madrid after a flaming pizza set fire to the ceiling and walls.
The blaze started late last night at Burro Canaglia Bar&Resto, an Italian restaurant in the central Salamanca neighbourhood.
One person who died was a restaurant employee, while the other was a customer, Madrid mayor Luis Martinez-Almeida told said on Saturday outside the building.
An eyewitness told El Pais newspaper that the fire started after a waiter flambéd a pizza and the flames set fire to the ceiling and walls.
Madrid fire chief Carlos Martin said the blaze took place near a fire station and people were able to run to alert them about the accident.
Two people died and 12 more were injured at a restaurant in Madrid after a flaming pizza set fire to the ceiling and walls
Firefighters gathered outside Canaglia Bar&Resto, an Italian restaurant in the central Salamanca neighbourhood, after the blaze
Diners found it hard to flee as the blaze started near the main exit, emergency services said.
The mayor said there were about 30 diners and staff members in the restaurant at the time of the fire, according to the BBC.
He added that there would have been more victims had the firefighters taken longer to attend the scene – with the blaze extinguished within 10 minutes from the first warning of fire.
Police are investigating the cause of the incident.
