For the majority of the 1500 fish, the bursting of the large aquarium in Berlin is certain death. On the bottom of the pool, however, a few animals survived the catastrophe. They are now transferred to other pools.
Some of the 1,500 animals in the pool survived the bursting of a large aquarium in the foyer of a hotel in Berlin. A few fish were found alive in the lower area of the burst large aquarium, the fire brigade said. At the same time, she has started rescuing animals that are in containers in the basement of the affected building. These will be taken to neighboring sealife, Sealife, fire department spokesman James Klein said. "They have the capacities." That has been determined in the meantime.
Berlin-Mitte City Councilor for the Environment, Almut Neumann, had previously reported that there were several aquariums with around 400 to 500 smaller fish in the basement of the hotel building. She had described their situation as critical because the vessels were not supplied with electricity.
The underwater world Sealife with further aquariums is located a bit away from the hotel in the same building complex. This plant was initially not affected, it said. The so-called Aquadom was an aquarium in the form of a huge glass cylinder with 1500 fish and an elevator in the middle. He was standing within the atrium of the hotel that is part of the complex.
Meanwhile, the Berlin Zoo has also offered to house fish that are still alive. "We have already offered the responsible supervisory authority to take in and care for fish if necessary and depending on capacity," said a spokeswoman. The zoo deeply regrets the accident.
The Association of Zoological Gardens (VdZ) expressed shock: "We very much regret the great misfortune of the Aquadom," said Deputy VdZ Managing Director Julia Kögler "Rheinische Post". Basically, there are special and legally regulated construction and safety standards for aquariums.
In the early hours of the morning, the aquarium in central Berlin burst. Around a million liters of water ran out and flooded part of the surrounding hotel and a street. According to the police, two people were injured by broken glass and taken to a hospital. The cause of the incident is still unclear. According to the spokesman, the rubble-strewn ground floor was initially only accessible to emergency services. "It's a veritable tsunami that poured out here," said Berlin's Governing Mayor Franziska Giffey when she got an idea of the situation in the morning.
