Chaos At Salt Bae's Restaurant As Four Tourists Are Set On Fire

Four people have been left seriously injured following a fire at one of Salt Bae's restaurants in Istanbul, Turkey.

Dramatic footage shows the moment that a flame show went badly wrong at the Nusret Etiler Steakhouse. In the clip, a bartender can be seen pouring liquid onto a fire, shortly before a massive fireball bursts across the bar.

Four people, believed to be tourists, were injured in the fire and have been hospitalised.

Krisryna Tresnakova, from Czech Republic, was there with her boyfriend Viktor Hajicek, the Daily Mail reports. The couple were engulfed in flames and the woman is reported to have been 'seriously' injured, while her boyfriend is said to have sustained minor injuries.

Speaking to Birgun newspaper, Hajicek said: "This happened last night. We went to a hospital right after the incident.

"I have some burns, but my girlfriend Krisryna Tresnakova is much worse than me.

"The event is very new and I'm not in a position to give more information now. We've had a nightmare night and it's still going on."

Alexandros Severis, a Greek national reported to have been on his honeymoon, and Mohammed Khamis Salim, from Uman, were also injured.

Three of those injured were taken to hospital by ambulance, with the fourth being driven in in a vehicle belonging to the restaurant.

Tresnakova has since been transferred to American Hospital, in Istanbul, for treatment.

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Local media reports that two members of staff were also injured, but not seriously so.

An investigation has been launched, and two members of staff believed to be responsible for the incident have been questioned.

Nusret Gokce, also known as Salt Bae, owns a chain of Nusr-Et restaurants with branches across the Middle East and in New York and Miami. Salt Bae has fed a number of famous faces, including Leonardo DiCaprio.

He shot to fame a couple of years back for him over-the-top, flamboyant seasoning manoeuvre, with his unusual way of sprinkling seasoning onto meat having been turned into a million memes.

On his infamous move, Salt Bae said: "Actually, that move at the end [the seasoning] came automatically. I did not do that to show off.

"It is just my signature. You can think of it a kind of final touch for a painting. It was a final touch to the meat - I was blessing the meat."

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Claire Reid

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