World’s largest free-standing cylindrical aquarium bursts in Berlin, flooding street
- ‘Incredible maritime damage’ reported as large tank at Berlin’s Sea Life aquarium bursts, flooding a street in the city centre
- The AquaDom, in the foyer of a Radisson hotel, is the world’s largest free-standing cylindrical aquarium, home to 1,500 tropical fish
A giant aquarium containing around 1,500 tropical fish burst in Berlin on Friday, flooding a hotel lobby and a nearby street and leaving two people injured, emergency services said.
It remains unclear what caused the incident at the 14-metre (26-foot) high AquaDom aquarium at around 5.50am, police said.
“A million litres of water and all the fish inside spilled onto the ground floor” of the hotel complex housing the aquarium, a spokesman for the Berlin fire department told said.
Two people suffered injuries from glass splinters and had to be hospitalised, the spokesman added.
More than 100 emergency workers were sent to the scene, which was scattered with glass and other debris.
The cylindrical AquaDom, which opened in 2004, was a popular tourist attraction in the German capital.
