An official in Germany speculates that the rupture of a 46-foot aquarium in Berlin is the result of “material fatigue.”
A huge aquarium in a center of berlin The hotel blew up Friday, releasing 264,000 gallons of water and 1,500 fish and injuring two people.
HUGE BERLIN AQUARIUM WITH 1,500 FISH EXPLOSION, 2 INJURED AND HOTEL FLOODING WITH 260,000 GALLONS OF WATER
People gather on top of the AquaDom aquarium at the Sea Life tourist attraction in Berlin, on July 27, 2015.
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Berlin’s top security official, Iris Spranger, told the German press that authorities say “the first indications point to material fatigue.”
However, an official cause has yet to be determined.
Reynolds Polymer Technology, an American company that helped build the massive water tank, sent an envoy to Germany to investigate the incident.
THE VIDEO SHOWS THE MIAMI HOTEL THAT HOSTED THE BEATLES, THE JFK IMPLOSION
The AquaDom aquarium in central Berlin is seen in a before and after split image. The cylinder exploded on December 16, 2022, in this still image obtained from social media video.
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The spill in the lobby of the Radisson Blu caused a wave of debris to sweep through the hotel just before 6am local time, and rescue dogs are combing the area to make sure no one is trapped under the rubble.
The tank was the largest cylindrical aquarium in the world and was nicknamed “AquaDom”, which was 80 different types of tropical fishincluding blue tang and clownfish, most of which are believed to have perished in the accident.
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A dead fish lies in the rubble in front of the Radisson Blu hotel, where a huge aquarium located in the hotel lobby blew up on December 16, 2022 in Berlin.
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About 300 guests housed in the radisson blu they were forced to evacuate on Friday morning.
The tank, which had become a tourist attraction with a 10-minute elevator ride, was first built in 2003 and modernized in 2020.
Fox News’ Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.
