2023-04-22 19:15:00
And tragic fire It broke out in just seconds in a restaurant in Madrid, where two people died and there are at least eight injured, several of them hospitalized in serious condition.
El Restó Burro, a well-known Italian food venue in front of Plaza Becerra in that city in Spain, was the focus of a fire that in seconds reached the decoration of plastic plants in the premises, enclosing the only exit door and preventing many be able to escape
Although Madrid’s Emergencies told the media that the cause of the fire is still being investigated, witnesses to the event point to a pizza flambé, one of the local gastronomic options. “It was a long pizza full of fire!”said Ruth, one of the customers.
One of the servers came out of the kitchen with the torch burning on the pizza to finish the plate. The place was full of decorative plastic plants, a highly flammable material that speeded up the process. “In seconds everything was set on fire.”, said one of the witnesses.
“Since it has caught fire only a plastic sheet with the torch until it has spread to the rest of the restaurant only 5 seconds have passed,” said another of those present on Friday night at the scene.
Manuel Becerra square was the scene of a field hospital in the early hours of Saturday, April 22: dozens of members of the National Police and health and Civil Protection personnel from Madrid worked there. One of the residents of the area recounted the scene she saw: “Families crying, people on the ground doubled over in pain, the toilets were not enough to revive people in the middle of the square and there were also people praying with the deceased,” consigned Madrid Total.
A ‘flambéed pizza’ from Restó Burro in Madrid set the entire place on fire: two dead and 6 seriously injured
The exit door and the regulations of the burned restaurant
The Burro Canaglia restaurant only had one access door to the street: the entrance that leads to Plaza Manuel Becerra, as confirmed by the mayor of the capital, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, to the media. Although it did not have an emergency exit, he said that it complied with the regulations.
According to the official, from the point of view of the regulations, “it was not necessary” for the premises to have an emergency exit due to the size of the restaurant and its authorized capacity.
At this time, the National Police is investigating the facts and the municipal services are studying the local license.
Martínez-Almeida explained that the fire was not difficult to put out, although the intensity of the flames was “extremely high”, which generated “numerous smoke” and all this made it almost impossible for people to leave the premises.
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