A huge aquarium in Berlin burst on Friday, spilling a million litres of water, around 1,500 exotic fish and debris onto a major road in the busy Mitte district, emergency services said.
Around 100 emergency responders rushed to the site, a leisure complex that houses a Radisson hotel and a museum, as well as what Sea Life Berlin said was the world's largest free-standing cylindrical aquarium at 14 metres in height.Another hotel guest, Sandra Weeser, spoke of chaos. “The whole aquarium burst and what’s left is total devastation. Lots of dead fish, debris,” she said.
It was fortunate the accident happened so early in the morning, when there was hardly anybody in the immediate vicinity, Berlin mayor Franziska Giffey was quoted as saying. Buses were sent to provide shelter for the hotel guests, police said, as outside temperatures in Berlin in the morning hovered around -7°C.
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