Berlin aquarium

A 46-foot-high aquarium that was home to around 1500 exotic fish burst Friday morning, injuring at least two people and sending a flood of water and debris ...

Wentzel said the cause of the incident was still being investigated. The complex also houses apartments, museums, shops, cafes and restaurants. Wentzel said glass and other debris were swept out of the hotel onto the nearby street. It is quite a drama," a hotel guest told [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/massive-aquarium-bursts-berlin-leisure-complex-emergency-services-2022-12-16/). Emergency services were forced to shut a major road next to the building because of the large volume of water flooding out. The city's fire service tweeted that 100 firefighters had been deployed to the scene.

A huge aquarium in Berlin burst on Friday, causing glass, water and hundreds of tropical fish to spill out of the Sea Life tourist attraction in the heart ...

The aquarium, which was last modernized in 2020, is a major tourist magnet in Berlin. "We have not yet been able to walk the first floor completely, which is probably where these fish will be," fire service spokesperson Adrian Wentzel said. Among the 80 types of fish it housed were blue tang and clownfish, the species known from the popular animated movie Finding Nemo.

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

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. A fire service spokesman said building safety experts were assessing the extent to which the hotel had sustained structural damage. “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.”

At least two people were injured when a massive aquarium inside a hotel in Berlin burst, according to local police, as roughly 1,500 tropical fish and ...

In a statement, Sea Life Berlin, which operates the aquarium, said it was “shocked” and looking into what caused the incident. local time, and that the hotel was lucky to avoid “terrible human damage.” [AquaDom](https://www.visitsealife.com/berlin/en/), was known as the world’s biggest cylindrical fish tank, housing more than 1,500 tropical fish and more than 100 unique species.

L'immense réservoir de plus d'un million de litres d'eau contenait plus de 1500 poissons tropicaux.

Il ne reste rien de l'immense réservoir qui contenait plus d'un million de litres d'eau. Nous essayons actuellement avec la police et les pompiers de nous faire une meilleure idée de la situation et de l'étendue des dommages, a déclaré Fabian Hellbusch au quotidien Tagesspiegel. Qu'est-ce qui a provoqué la rupture de la paroi? Il trônait dans le hall de l'hôtel Radisson Blu, dans le quartier touristique de la Cathédrale et de l'île aux Musées. L'eau et les poissons se sont répandus au rez-de-chaussée, puis dans les rues adjacentes, charriant au passage de nombreux débris, a indiqué un porte-parole des pompiers à l'AFP. C'était un véritable tsunami, a déclaré la maire de la ville, Franziska Giffey, arrivée sur les lieux après le sinistre.

Une «énorme explosion», des murs qui tremblent et de l'eau partout: un aquarium géant a éclaté vendredi dans un hôtel prestigieux de Berlin dévastant tout ...

L’aquarium n’a pas été victime d’une simple fissure, «il a éclaté», a précisé le porte-parole des pompiers. La compagnie propriétaire de l’AquaDom, Union Investment, s’est déclarée «bouleversée par la catastrophe» dont l’origine reste «complètement floue». Mais «quand on a descendu les escaliers, il y avait de l’eau partout, des débris, des portes arrachées. La chambre de Sabine Andersch se trouvait au troisième étage, et là haut, tout fonctionnait normalement, dit-elle. Il ne reste rien de l’immense réservoir qui contenait plus d’un million de litres d’eau. Presque tous les 1500 poissons tropicaux ont péri.

Un aquarium géant de Berlin a éclaté vendredi, provoquant le déversement d'une quantité importante d'eau et de centaines de poissons tropicaux.

La police a déclaré qu’il n’y avait aucune preuve que l’incident résultait d’une attaque. Les pompiers de Berlin ont expliqué que deux personnes avaient été légèrement blessées. Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP

L'aquarium se trouve au Radisson Collection Hotel dans le complexe DomAquarée, dans le centre de la capitale allemande. L'AquaDom se présente sur son site ...

"L'eau et les poissons se sont répandus au rez-de-chaussée" et l'hôtel a été évacué, a indiqué un porte-parole des pompiers. Des parties de la façade de l'hôtel ont volé en éclats dans la rue. La raison pour laquelle les parois de verre de l'aquarium ont éclaté reste indéterminée.

A huge aquarium in Berlin burst, spilling debris, water and more than a thousand tropical fish out of the AquaDom tourist attraction in the heart of the ...

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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.

AA / Berlin / Erbil Basay. Un aquarium géant a explosé dans la capitale allemande Berlin, a indiqué les autorités policières de la ville, vendredi.

[Seulement une partie des dépêches, que l'Agence Anadolu diffuse à ses abonnés via le Système de Diffusion interne (HAS), est diffusée sur le site de l'AA, de manière résumée. La même source précise que deux personnes ont été blessées en raison des éclats de verre. Les personnes séjournant à l'hôtel ont été évacuées en raison des dommages causés.

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.

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.

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

The aquarium, which was last modernized in 2020, is a major tourist magnet in Berlin. Brightly colored Lindt chocolate wrappers were scattered in front of the building where the chocolate shop had been damaged. A fire service spokesman said building safety experts were assessing the extent to which the hotel had sustained structural damage. Police said there was no evidence the incident resulted from a malicious act. Among the 80 types of fish it housed were blue tang and clownfish, two colorful species known from the popular animated movie “Finding Nemo.” “Despite all the destruction, we were still very lucky,” she said.

Malgré tous leurs efforts, la quasi-totalité des 1 500 poissons vivant à l'intérieur de l'attraction touristique AquaDom sont morts après la catastrophe. Des ...

Certains des poissons qui se débattaient «au fond de l'aquarium» avaient encore une chance de survivre, a confirmé le gouvernement du district de Berlin Mitte sur Twitter. Vendredi, vers 5 h 45, environ 264 000 gallons d'eau ont jailli de l'AquaDom, causant d'importants dommages au bâtiment, qui comprend l'hôtel Radisson Blu, des cafés et une chocolaterie. «C'est une grande tragédie que pour 1 500 poissons, il n'y ait eu aucune chance de survie», a déclaré Almut Neumann, fonctionnaire municipal en charge des questions environnementales pour le district de Mitte à Berlin.