At least two people were injured this friday too centre Berlin, when the AquaDom aquarium, one of the largest in the world, exploded this morning. one million liters of water capacity inside the luxury DomAquarée hotel where it is located.
Explosion of the aquarium – a large 16-foot-tall water cylinder standing tall in the middle of the lobby – hA flood of water occurred, swept hotel staff, customers and furniture, and flooded Karl-Liebknecht street.As the Berlin Traffic Department reported on its Twitter account, one of the busiest places in the center of the German capital was closed to vehicles for hours.
Two injured people were taken to hospital separated Forecast, More than a hundred firefighters have already started removing the rubble, as confirmed by the Emergency services, according to sources from the DPA.
The explosion spilled into the street 1,500 fish in the aquariummany were washed away by the waters that flowed into Berlin’s sewers.
The police confirmed that there is no indication that the explosion was the result of an intentional act and Firefighters blame a possible maintenance or construction failure for what happened.
“We’re not talking about a leak from a crack. The aquarium exploded and it’s a manufacturing defect.” a spokesperson stated.
According to sources in the German newspaper Bild, explosion was caused by equipment wear. But the AquaDom reopened last summer after a long and expensive renovation estimated at 2.5m euros.