💰 World's largest freestanding cylindrical aquarium bursts in Berlin

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- Summary- Aquarium spills 1 million litres onto major road- 'Lots of dead fish, debris' - hotel guest- Fire brigade says cause of incident still unclearBERLIN, Dec 16 (Reuters) - An aquarium in Berlin that was home to around 1,500 exotic fish burst early on Friday, spilling 1 million litres (264,172 gallons) of water and debris onto a major road in the busy Mitte district, emergency services said.Two people were injured by splinters of glass, and police evacuated the hotel in the complex on concern that there could be structural damage.Around 350 people who had been staying at the hotel in the complex were asked to pack their belongings and leave the building, the fire brigade spokesperson said.Emergency services shut a major road next to the complex that leads from Alexanderplatz toward the Brandenburg Gate due to the large volume of water that had flooded out of the building.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."

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