Berlin aquarium burst

The catastrophic rupture sent 1 million liters of salt water — and fish — pouring into the street. Berlin Police say two people were hurt, the result of ...

Its owner had touted the AquaDom aquarium at Sea Life Berlin as "the world's largest freestanding cylindrical aquarium," according to [Deutsche Welle](https://www.dw.com/en/berlin-massive-aquarium-home-to-1500-fish-bursts/a-64119337). But in the early hours of Friday morning, it burst — and all of the roughly 1,500 fish it had contained are dead, officials say. They also say there are no signs of a crime.

A giant aquarium exploded at a Berlin hotel early Friday, releasing 1,500 tropical fish into the lobby and flooding the downtown area of the German capital ...

One guest [added ](https://twitter.com/lararimmer/status/1603642292962729984)that she “was admiring the fish and divers just last night!” “The ones that might have been saved were frozen to death.” “WHAT’S GOING ON.” The tank, which was built in the hotel in 2003 and last modernized in 2020, featured a 10-minute elevator ride that allowed guests to admire the fish up close. The windows are destroyed. Officials added that safety experts are inspecting whether the hotel faced structural damage. All the furniture is destroyed. More than 80 types of fish lived inside the aquarium, including blue tang and clownfish popularized by the animated movie “Finding Nemo.” About 100 firefighters responded to a scene that had, police noted, “massive amounts of water” pour into the street. The cause of the aquarium explosion remains unclear and is under investigation, the fire service said. Berlin is experiencing freezing temperatures that got down to as low as 14 degrees Fahrenheit overnight. Shards of glass, mangled lamps, bellhop trolleys and tables are shown littered throughout the lobby.

The world's largest freestanding cylindrical aquarium, hosted in a Berlin leisure complex, burst early on Friday. The aquarium was home to around 1,500 ...

The aquarium was last refurbished in 2020, according to the website of the DomAquaree complex. During the upgrading work, all the water was drained from the tank and the fish were moved to aquariums in the basement of the building, where there is a breeding care facility for the fish, it said. - The aquarium was home to around 1,500 exotic fish and spilled 1 million liters of water and debris onto a major road in the busy Mitte district.

A huge aquarium in Berlin burst, spilling debris, water and hundreds of tropical fish out of the AquaDom tourist attraction in the heart of the German capital early Friday. Police said parts of the building, which also contains a hotel, ...

It said what happened with the AquaDom was “unique and unprecedented” and that Sea Life’s exhibits were not in danger of similar damage. The aquarium, which was last modernized in 2020, is a major tourist magnet in Berlin. “This man-made tragedy shows that aquariums are not a safe place for fish and other marine life,” the group wrote. “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. They were evacuated to other tanks in the neighboring Sea Life aquarium that were unaffected. Among the 80 types of fish it housed were blue tang and clownfish, two colorful species known from the popular animated movie “Finding Nemo.”

BERLIN (AP) — A huge aquarium in Berlin burst, spilling debris, water and hundreds of tropical fish out of the AquaDom tourist attraction in the heart of ...

It said what happened with the AquaDom was “unique and unprecedented” and that Sea Life’s exhibits were not in danger of similar damage. The aquarium, which was last modernized in 2020, is a major tourist magnet in Berlin. “This man-made tragedy shows that aquariums are not a safe place for fish and other marine life,” the group wrote. “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. They were evacuated to other tanks in the neighboring Sea Life aquarium that were unaffected. Among the 80 types of fish it housed were blue tang and clownfish, two colorful species known from the popular animated movie “Finding Nemo.”

A giant aquarium in a Berlin hotel, the AquaDom, burst early Friday. More than a thousand tropical fish flooded out and two people were injured.

[Berlin Fire Brigade](https://twitter.com/Berliner_Fw/status/1603627318479814656) and [Berlin Police](https://twitter.com/polizeiberlin/status/1603628373154086912) said that 100 emergency responders went to the scene at the [DomAquarée complex](https://realestate.union-investment.com/en/properties/1184_berlin_dom-aquaree.html). Other emergency efforts included providing [heated buses](https://twitter.com/polizeiberlin/status/1603653231489556480) for guests leaving the hotel and [deploying rescue dogs](https://twitter.com/Berliner_Fw/status/1603694826104524802). The tanks currently don't have electricity, officials said, which means they aren't receiving the oxygen necessary to survive. The furniture, everything has been flooded with water," Sandra Weeser, a German lawmaker who was staying in the hotel, told the Associated Press. Still, after Friday's incident, Sea Life said its Berlin aquarium would be closed "until further notice." As of Friday afternoon, efforts were underway to rescue an additional 400 to 500 smaller fish that are inside other aquariums underneath the hotel lobby. Injuries were prevented because less people were on the streets so early in the morning, she said. "It looks a bit like a war zone.” The company added that the hotel has been fully evacuated. The cause or reasons behind the burst "are not yet clear," the company added. Authorities confirmed to the Associated Press that the burst began shortly before 6 a.m. "There are still smaller aquariums that were not destroyed.