Emergencies: Aquarium burst: large-scale operation of the fire brigade in Berlin

According to the police, the large aquarium at Sea Life near the Berlin Cathedral has burst.

Emergencies: Aquarium burst: large-scale operation of the fire brigade in Berlin

According to the police, the large aquarium at Sea Life near the Berlin Cathedral has burst. That said a police spokesman who was on site in the morning. Around 5:45 a.m. there was a very loud noise. Parts of the facade of the hotel in which the aquarium was located flew onto the street.

Due to the severe damage, the guests of the surrounding hotel also have to leave the building. This was explained by a spokesman for the Berlin fire brigade. Around 350 people were still in the hotel.

Around the Berlin Hotel DomAquarée, in which the burst large aquarium is located, there are large-scale barriers. There were a number of fire and police cars on site. Sirens could be heard. The doors of the building seemed to be pushed open, in front of them were a number of objects, as a reporter from the German Press Agency reported.

The fire brigade reported on Twitter in the morning: "The aquarium is damaged, water is leaking. The situation is not clear at the moment." The fire brigade is in action with 100 emergency services in the hotel.

The Berlin traffic information center tweeted that Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse, where the hotel with the aquarium is located, was closed. "There is a lot of water on the road. So far, the cause is still unclear." The place is very close to the Alexanderplatz in Berlin with the TV Tower.

About 1,500 fish lived in the tank

According to the operator on the Internet, the large aquarium was the "largest, cylindrical, free-standing aquarium in the world", an attraction in Berlin well-known to many tourists. It was an acrylic glass container 16 meters high and 11.5 meters in diameter. Visitors could ride through the interior of the aquarium in an elevator.

About 1,500 fish from over 100 different species lived in the tank. The aquarium was filled with a million liters of salt water. That would be 1000 cubic meters of water weighing 1000 tons. According to the information, the aquarium was extensively modernized by summer 2020.

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