Famous giant aquarium in Berlin hotel explodes: cause still unclear - numerous emergency services on site
Created: 2022-12-16Updated: 2022-12-16, 07:20
By: Jennifer Lanzinger
An unusual incident occurred in Berlin.
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The famous giant aquarium in the Hotel Radisson Blu in Berlin has apparently exploded.
A video that has now appeared shows the remains, and a large-scale operation is currently on site.
Berlin - The huge aquarium in the Berlin Hotel Radisson Blu usually attracts numerous tourists, now the impressive mega-aquarium seems to have burst.
A video on the Twitter platform shows the destroyed remains in the hotel hall.
Accordingly, the aquarium exploded in the middle of the night.
Famous giant aquarium in Berlin hotel explodes: cause still unclear - numerous emergency services on site
The news channel Welt, based in Berlin, also reports on the incident.
Accordingly, there are currently numerous emergency services on site.
Nothing is currently known about the cause, and there is also no information about injuries.
A spokesman for the fire brigade told the dpa that it would be checked whether people were injured.
The aquarium had burst for an initially unknown reason.
Water ran onto Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse.
It must also be checked whether the underground car park is affected.
In the building complex called DomAquarée there is, among other things, the large aquarium Sea Life and the so-called AquaDom.
As stated on the DomAquarée website, the AquaDom is the "largest free-standing cylindrical aquarium in the world" and was extensively modernized by summer 2020.
The Berlin fire brigade explains on Twitter that around 100 emergency services are on duty at the Hotel Dom Aquaree.
According to this, water is leaking out and the aquarium is “damaged”.
Accordingly, the situation is currently not clear.
The Berlin traffic information center tweeted that Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse, where the hotel with the aquarium is located, was closed.
“There is a lot of water on the road.
So far, the cause is still unclear.” The location is very close to Berlin's Alexanderplatz with the television tower.
