Mega aquarium EXPLODES in German hotel, injuring two people and filling lobby with fish and a MILLION liters of water
The 46-foot-tall fish tank, located in the lobby of the Radisson Blu hotel in Berlin, exploded
Incident at the AquaDom aquarium left two people injured by glass
Emergency services close the main road next to the complex due to the volume of water
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A huge aquarium exploded inside a German hotel today, injuring two people and filling the lobby with 1,500 fish and a million liters of water.
The 46-foot-tall fish tank, which is located in the lobby of the Radisson Blu hotel in central Berlin, blew up around 5:50 a.m. this morning.
Berlin police said that in addition to causing “incredible maritime damage”, the incident at the AquaDom aquarium left two people injured by glass fragments.
The explosion filled the hotel lobby with more than a million liters of water and 1,500 tropical fish. The water leak reached the outside of the complex, prompting police to close a nearby street.
The 46-foot-tall fish tank, which is located in the lobby of the Radisson Blu hotel in central Berlin, blew up around 5:50 a.m. this morning. In the picture: the aquarium before bursting (left), after bursting (right)
Berlin police said that in addition to causing “incredible maritime damage”, the incident at the AquaDom aquarium left two people injured by glass fragments. Pictured: Devastation from inside the hotel lobby.
More than 100 emergency workers were on the scene, the Berlin fire service said.
Images from inside the hotel showed extensive damage to the transparent aquarium with debris scattered everywhere.
More than 100 emergency workers were on the scene, the Berlin fire service said.
‘The aquarium is damaged, the water is escaping. The situation is not clear at the moment,” she added.
A general view of a street outside a hotel after a leak from the AquaDom aquarium in central Berlin near Alexanderplatz, Germany, on Friday.
Emergency services work on a street in front of a hotel after a leak from the AquaDom aquarium in central Berlin near Alexanderplatz, with water spilled on the street, in Berlin.
Berlin police urged drivers on Twitter to avoid the area, warning that water is “massively” leaking from the aquarium.
The emergency services closed a main road next to the complex that leads from Alexanderplatz towards the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin due to the large volume of water that had overflowed from the building.
The road, as well as the sidewalks outside the complex, were littered with debris.
Buses were sent to the complex to provide shelter for hotel guests leaving the building, police said on Twitter, as outside temperatures in Berlin hovered around -7 degrees Celsius (19.4F).
The emergency services closed a main road next to the complex that leads from Alexanderplatz towards the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin due to the large volume of water that had overflowed from the building.
The cylindrical aquarium is located in the lobby of a Radisson Blu hotel and has a transparent-walled elevator built inside for use by visitors to the Sea Life entertainment complex, which also houses a hotel, shops and restaurants.
According to the Sea Life website, the AquaDom is the largest free-standing cylindrical aquarium in the world. It contained 1,500 tropical fish before the incident and is a major tourist attraction in Berlin.
There was speculation that freezing temperatures had contributed to the escape, but police spokesman Martin Stralau said the cause of the incident was still being investigated.