Madrid restaurant fire kills 2, injures 12 others

Two people have died in a fire at a restaurant in the Spanish capital Madrid after the waiter flambeed a dish.

The flames from the technique — which involves pouring alcohol on top of the dish and setting it alight — caused decorations to catch fire at an Italian restaurant at Plaza Manuel Becerra in the central Salamanca neighborhood, Deutsche Welle reports citing El Pais.

The fire broke out late April 21 evening near the restaurant's only exit and spread quickly, according to the fire brigade.
Madrid's SAMUR emergency services "treated 12 people in this disaster," two of whom died, Montse Marcos, a manager at the organization, told journalists.

Among the ten injured, six were taken to hospital with serious injuries, Marcos added.