A huge aquarium exploded inside a German hotel today, injuring two people and filling the lobby with 1,500 fish and a million litres of water.
The 46ft-high tank, which is located in the foyer of the Radisson Blu hotel in central Berlin, burst at around 5.50am.
The incident at the AquaDom aquarium left two people suffering injuries from glass shards and caused 'incredible maritime damage', German police said.
The explosion filled the hotel lobby with over a million litres of water and 1,500 tropical fish. The leaking water reached the outside of the complex, prompting police to close a nearby street.
The 46ft-high fish tank, which is located in the foyer of the Radisson Blu hotel in central Berlin, burst at around 5.50am this morning. Pictured: The aquarium before the incident (left) and the wreckage afterwards (right)
Berlin police said that as well as causing 'incredible maritime damage', the incident at the AquaDom aquarium left two people suffering injuries from glass shards. Pictured: Devastation from inside the hotel foyer
More than 100 emergency workers were at the scene, Berlin's firefighting service said
Footage from inside the hotel showed extensive damage to the clear aquarium with debris scattered all around.
More than 100 emergency workers were at the scene, Berlin's firefighting service said.
'The aquarium is damaged, water is leaking out. The situation is unclear at the moment,' it added.
A general view of a street outside a hotel after a leak of the AquaDom aquarium in central Berlin near Alexanderplatz, today
Emergency services work on a street outside a hotel after the AquaDom aquarium in the German capital leaked
Berlin police on Twitter urged drivers to avoid the area, warning that water is 'massively' leaking from the aquarium.
Emergency services shut a major road next to the complex that leads from Alexanderplatz toward the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin due to the large volume of water that had flooded out of the building.
The road as well as the pavement outside the complex were littered with debris.
Buses were sent to provide shelter for hotel guests leaving the building, police said on Twitter, as outside temperatures in Berlin stood around -7 degrees Celsius (19.4F).
Emergency services shut a major road next to the complex that leads from Alexanderplatz toward the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin due to the large volume of water that had flooded out of the building
The cylindrical aquarium is located in the foyer of a Radisson Blu hotel and has a clear-walled elevator built inside to be used by visitors to the Sea Life leisure complex, which also has a hotel, shops and restaurants.
According to the Sea Life website, the AquaDom is the largest freestanding aquarium in the world. It contained 1,500 tropical fish before the incident and is a major tourist attraction in Berlin.
There was speculation that freezing temperatures had contributed to the leak, but police said the cause of the incident was still being investigated.
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