Berlin, a huge aquarium explodes with 1500 tropical fish
A major tourist attraction in the German capital, the huge Marine life aquarium of theDom Aquaree hotel from Berlin not far from Alexanderplatz exploded this morning, injuring two people, according to the Image. The big tub, 16 meters high, contained 1500 tropical fish of 100 different species in one million liters of water. The liquid leaking from the vertical tank would arrive up to the third floor of the hotel. If the police claims that the causes of the explosion are not yet known, Bild speaks of “material fatigue”. “Water is flowing down the street,” tweeted the police who intervened on the spot with a large deployment of forces”. The reasons for the explosion are not yet clear. At work 100 firefighters.
Sea Life is claimed to be “the largest cylindrical aquarium in the world”. By 2020 it had been completely modernized, according to the dpa. For the Berlin Police the explosion was not caused by a bomb attack. “At the moment there are absolutely no” indications in this sense, said a police spokesman today, as reported by Dpa. There are no further details on the causes of the collapse of the large aquarium. Some media talk about a structural failure. The approximately 1500 fish that were in the more than one million liters of water in the AquaDom would all have escaped and according to some witnesses would be mostly dead.