Akvarium Berlin

The unexplained failure of the "Aqua-Dom," a 265000-gallon tank holding around 1500 fish, was so powerful that it sent debris flying onto the street ...

The tank itself was 52 feet high and almost 38 feet in diameter, made of acrylic glass. "It was a full-on tsunami," Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey said, calling it mere luck that the aquarium came apart in the early hours of the day, when there weren't many people around. Berlin — The huge saltwater aquarium burst open Friday morning without any immediate explanation, spilling almost 265,000 gallons of water and 1,500 fish onto the floor of a business and leisure complex in a busy district of Germany's capital.

A 16-meter (52-foot) aquarium containing 1500 fish has burst at a hotel in downtown Berlin, injuring two people.

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The AquaDom, a 50-foot-tall cylindrical glass aquarium with a built-in elevator located inside the Radisson Collection Hotel, Berlin, collapsed shortly before 6 ...

Debris also littered the sidewalk and street outside the hotel. "This is a situation that really means absolute destruction. "If the whole thing had not happened at 5:45 a.m.

An aquarium in Berlin housing nearly 1500 fish burst on Friday s,ending hundreds of thousands of gallons of water, glass and debris into a street.

The furniture, everything has been flooded with water," she said. About 350 guests staying at the hotel surrounding the aquarium had to pack their belongings and evacuate. "We have not yet been able to walk the first floor completely, which is probably where these fish will be," Adrian Wentzel, a spokesperson for Berlin's fire service, told the Associated Press. "There are shards (of glass) everywhere. "Unfortunately, none of the 1,500 fish could be saved." An aquarium in Berlin housing nearly 1,500 fish burst on Friday, Dec.

The 14-metre-high cylindrical tank in Berlin, Germany held 1 million litres of water and housed 80 different species of fish before the burst.

The aquarium, which was last modernized in 2020, is a major tourist magnet in Berlin. She also said she had seen a dead parrot fish frozen to the sidewalk. Without electricity, the tanks cannot be powered, and the fish will not receive enough oxygen to survive. Some have speculated the -10 C temperatures experienced in Berlin early Friday may have caused the tank to crack. Water rushed out of the building and onto the main road, forcing lamps, bellhop trolleys and retail merchandise into the street. The 14-metre-high cylindrical tank held 1 million litres of water and housed 80 different species of fish before the burst.

The huge AquaDom aquarium burst in Berlin on Friday morning, sending a wave of water, glass and tropical fish pouring into the center of the German capital.

It later added that “there is no evidence of a criminal offense in connection with the incomprehensible and momentous event at the #AquaDom in Berlin #Mitte (center).” “Unfortunately, none of the 1,500 fish could be saved,” she said. The furniture, everything has been flooded with water,” Sandra Weeser, a German lawmaker who had been staying at the hotel, told The Associated Press. It was home to more than 1,500 tropical fish, according to the operators of Sea Life Berlin. “There are shards (of glass) everywhere. The fish did not survive, authorities said.

A huge aquarium in the center of Berlin burst Friday, causing a wave of devastation in and around the Sea Life tourist attraction, German police said ...

Police said there is no evidence the incident was the result of a deliberate attack. Three hundred guests were evacuated from the hotel by over 100 first responders. At least two people were injured when the 52-foot-tall AquaDom aquarium exploded at the Radisson Collection Hotel shortly before 6 a.m.

Veterinarians and first responders scrambled to save as many tropical fish as they could after a massive aquarium burst in Berlin, sending a deluge of water ...

The aquarium is a major tourist magnet in Berlin. Lindt candy wrappers littered the ground outside of the chocolate shop. The tank housed 80 types of fish, including a blue tang and clownfish — colorful tropical fish made famous by Disney’s “Finding Nemo.” “Despite all the destruction, we were still very lucky,” she said. “It’s a great tragedy that for 1,500 fish there was no chance of survival,” said Almut Neumann, a city official in charge of environmental issues for Berlin’s Mitte district. Roughly 264,000 gallons of water gushed out of the AquaDom around 5:45 a.m.

Berlin police say a tweet asking for help in tracking down suspects linked to the incident is fake.

Hundreds more fish that were kept in the basement for breeding purposes were also at risk from the power cut that followed the incident but they have also now been moved to safety. While the majority of the 1,500 fish kept in the aquarium were killed in the explosion, some managed to survive and have been taken elsewhere. It was last refurbished in 2020. A spokesman for the owner, Union Investment, has told the media that the building is not in danger of collapsing. Friedrich Engel, a spokesperson for the Federal Agency for Technical Relief, which assists in emergencies, has said that the building has been classified as safe and handed back to the owners. [debunk a tweet](https://twitter.com/polizeiberlin/status/1603838279274663948) from a copycat account that is asking for the public's help in tracking down suspects linked to the incident.