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Muri Assuncao

2 dead, 12 injured in Madrid restaurant fire started by waiter flambeing pizza

Two people were killed and another 12 were injured — including six in serious condition — after a fire broke out at a restaurant in Madrid Friday night, authorities said.

The blaze at the Burro Canaglia Bar & Resto, an Italian restaurant in the Salamanca neighborhood of the Spanish capital, is believed to have been caused by a waiter flambéing pizza.

Flambé, meaning flamed in French, is a cooking technique in which a dish is doused in alcohol and lit on fire.

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