Today, a massive aquarium exploded within a German hotel, injuring two people and flooding the lobby with 1,500 fish and one million litres of water.
This morning, at approximately 5:50 a.m., the 46-foot-tall fish tank in the lobby of the Radisson Blu hotel in the heart of Berlin burst.
Two individuals were injured by glass shards, according to the Berlin police, while the incident inside the AquaDom aquarium caused “extraordinary maritime damage.”
The explosion flooded the hotel lobby with approximately one million liters of water and 1,500 species of tropical fish. The water reached the exterior of the property, causing the police to close a nearby street.
This morning, at approximately 5:50 a.m., the 46-foot-tall fish tank in the lobby of the Radisson Blu hotel in the heart of Berlin burst. Pictured: The aquarium before to its rupture
More than 100 emergency personnel were on the scene, according to the Berlin fire department.
Inside the hotel, surveillance footage revealed considerable damage to the aquarium and scattered debris.
More than one hundred emergency personnel were on the scene, according to the Berlin fire department.
The aquarium has been broken, and water is flowing out. The situation is now unclear,’ it continued.
Water is “massively” gushing from the aquarium, Berlin police wrote on Twitter, urging motorists to avoid the area.
Due to the massive volume of water that had spilled out of the building, emergency officials in Berlin closed a major route adjacent to the complex that connects from Alexanderplatz to the Brandenburg Gate.
The streets and walkways surrounding the complex were cluttered with trash.
In Berlin, emergency workers work on a street outside a hotel after a leak at the AquaDom aquarium near Alexanderplatz caused water to spill onto the street.
As temperatures in Berlin hovered around -7 degrees Celsius, police stated on Twitter that buses were dispatched to the complex to give refuge for hotel guests fleeing the structure (19.4F).
The cylinder-shaped aquarium is housed in the lobby of a Radisson Blu hotel and features a glass-walled elevator for use by guests of the Sea Life leisure complex, which also contains a hotel, shops, and restaurants.
The AquaDom is the world’s largest freestanding circular aquarium, according to the Sea Life website.
Before the event, it had 1,500 tropical fish and was a prominent Berlin tourist attraction.
There were rumors that frigid temperatures contributed to the leak, but police spokesman Martin Stralau stated that the issue was still under investigation.