An aquarium in Berlin, which was home to around 1,500 exotic fish, burst on Friday morning, spilling 1 million liters of water and debris onto a major road in the busy Mitte district, emergency services said.
About 100 rescuers rushed to the site, a leisure complex that houses a Radisson hotel, a museum, shops and restaurants, as well as what the DomAquaree complex says is the world’s largest freestanding cylindrical aquarium, at 14 meters high.
“In addition to the unbelievable marine damage, two people were injured by flying glass,” Berlin police said on Twitter.
A spokesman for the Berlin fire brigade said rescuers were unable to access the ground floor of the building due to the debris. Search and rescue dogs were sent to the scene.
The spokesperson said it was still unclear what caused the aquarium to explode. Neither the fire department nor the police commented on the fate of the fish.
About 350 people who were staying at the complex’s hotel were told to pack their bags and leave the building, the fire department spokesman said.
Buses were sent to shelter people leaving the hotel, as outside temperatures in Berlin were around -7 degrees Celsius, according to police.
Emergency services closed a main road close to the complex leading from Alexanderplatz towards the Brandenburg Gate, due to the large volume of water that came out of the building.
Source: CNN Brasil
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