The large aquarium Sea Life in the immediate vicinity of the Berlin Cathedral is badly damaged. Massive amounts of water are leaking from a hotel aquarium, the police tweeted. "It flows into the street."

The fire brigade reported on Twitter: "The aquarium is damaged, water is leaking. The situation is currently unclear." The fire brigade is deployed with 100 firefighters in the Hotel DomAquarée.

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.

Cause still unclear

A spokesman for the fire brigade told the dpa that it would be checked whether people were injured. The aquarium had burst for an initially unknown reason. Water ran onto Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse. It must also be checked whether the underground car park is affected.

In the building complex called DomAquarée there is the large aquarium Sea Life and the so-called AquaDom with 1500 tropical fish, a well-known attraction in Berlin for many tourists. As stated on the DomAquarée website, the AquaDom is the "largest free-standing cylindrical aquarium in the world" and was extensively modernized by summer 2020.