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Holy Shit: A Giant Aquarium In Berlin Has Burst Leaving 2 People Injured 1,500 Fish Dead

A huge aquarium in Berlin containing 1,500 fish has burst. The disastrous incident has left people injured, fish dead and lessons needing to be learned about whether novelty aquariums should even exist on such an enormous scale for human enjoyment. Spoiler: yeah nah probably not. The AquaDom aquarium in Germany was the world’s largest freestanding cylindrical aquarium standing at 14 metres tall. Generally speaking, it was also one of Berlin’s largest aquariums. After the protective glass shattered, over one million litres of water spilled out into the nearby Mitte district in central Berlin. Yes, a whole milly.
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Over 100 emergency responders were called in to assist with the situation which caused projectile glass splinters to injure two passersby as per . Truly horrifying. I simply cannot imagine anything worse happening during a stay at a hotel. Perhaps with the exception of the . One hotel guest, , recalled the exact moment the glass shattered saying “it felt like an earthquake”. The aquarium was inside a complex that also housed a hotel and a museum. 350 hotel guests were asked to pack their belongings and bugger off in case there was any residual damage to the building’s structural integrity as per the . “Despite all the destruction, we were still very lucky,” said mayor of Berlin . “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.” The incident was also an ecological disaster, with many of the fish contained in the aquarium considered exotic as per . “Unfortunately, none of the 1,500 fish could be saved,” added the mayor. What an absolute cock-up. Berlin’s is sure to have thoughts on this. The local fire brigade it still hasn’t concluded what caused the aquarium to burst. More to come.
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