World's largest aquarium containing more than 1,500 fish explodes in Berlin
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- The ‘AquaDom’ is 15.85m high (52 ft) and was known as the largest free-standing cylindrical aquarium in the world.
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The world's largest free-standing cylindrical aquarium in the world, the AquaDom in Berlin burst, spilling debris, water and hundreds of tropical fish out of the aquarium on Friday. (AP)
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The company that owns the AquaDom, Union Investment Real Estate, said in a statement Friday afternoon that the reasons for the incident were “still unclear.”(AFP)
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1 million litres (264,000 gallons) of water poured from the aquarium shortly before 6 a.m. (0500 GMT), the police said. They also informed that parts of the building, which also contains a hotel, cafes and a chocolate store, were damaged. (AP)
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“Despite all the destruction, we were still very lucky,” she said. “We would have had terrible human damage” had the aquarium burst even an hour later, once more people were awake and in the hotel and the surrounding area, Mayor Franziska Giffey said. (AP)
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About 300 guests and employees had to be evacuated from the hotel surrounding the aquarium, police said. (REUTERS)
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Nearly all of the 1,500 fish in the tank died, the Berlin Mitte district government confirmed via Twitter, adding “a few fish at the bottom of the tank” could still be saved. (AFP)
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Blue tang and clownfish, two colourful species known from the popular animated movie Finding Nemo were among the 80 types of fish it housed. (REUTERS)
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“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. “The focus in the afternoon was clearly on saving the fish in the remaining tanks.” (AP)
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The 14-metre high AquaDom aquarium has burst and the leaking water has forced the closure of a nearby street, police and firefighters said.(AP)
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