The incident took place in an Italian restaurant in Madrid. Among the deceased are a waiter and a customer.
At least two people died and another 10 suffered injuries, six of them seriously, as a result of a fire that started last night in an Italian restaurant in Spain madrid, due to a flambé dish, as detailed by witnesses to the press. Among the deceased are a waiter and a customer.
12 people were treated urgently by the Samur emergency service in Madrid and six of them were seriously injured, according to information provided by Montse Marcos, the supervisor of that medical institution.
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A customer, identified as Ruth, recounted how the incident unfolded: “One of the waiters was going to put the final touch on a plate with a torch to flambé it, he had the burning plate in one hand and the torch in the other , when he passed near a column with plants and in a matter of seconds everything burned“.
“People have gone running to the fire station”For this reason, “our response time has been very fast, because half of the crews have left running, and the other half with the vehicles,” explained, for his part, the head of the Madrid fire department, Carlos Marin.
What is a flambé dish
The flambé is called a culinary technique that consists of flaming the ingredients thanks to the use of specific liquors and the open fire.
The term, of French origin, means “flame” and specifically indicates the way to cook the different ingredients through a flame very powerful and high, which must be handled with extreme caution and professionalism in order to obtain results without any risk.
The flambé cuisine has its origin in Arabia during XIV century and it took more than 100 years to land in Europe and become, to this day, a custom.
Source: Ambito
