Two people die, 12 hurt in Madrid restaurant blaze

Two people die, 12 hurt in Madrid restaurant blaze
Two people die, 12 hurt in Madrid restaurant blaze

MADRID – Two folks died and 12 others had been injured in a hearth at a restaurant within the Spanish capital Madrid, emergency providers stated on Saturday.

The blaze began late on Friday night time at Burro Canaglia Bar&Resto, an Italian restaurant within the central Salamanca neighborhood.

One of the lifeless was a restaurant worker and the opposite was a buyer, Madrid mayor Luis Martinez-Almeida advised reporters on Saturday exterior the constructing.

An eyewitness advised El Pais newspaper that the hearth began after a waiter flambéed a pizza and the flames set hearth to the ceiling and partitions.

Madrid hearth chief Carlos Martin stated the blaze befell close to a hearth station and other people had been capable of run to alert them in regards to the accident.

Diners discovered it laborious to flee because the blaze began close to the principle exit, emergency providers stated.

Police had been investigating the reason for the hearth. —Reuters

Source: www.gmanetwork.com