According to the police, the large Sea Life aquarium near the Berlin Cathedral burst. This said a police spokesman who was on the scene on Friday morning. Berlin firefighters said two people were injured. “Water is still flowing in all directions and down the street,” a spokesman for the fire department said at around 8am on request. 100 firefighters are on duty.
Emergency services were alerted around 5:43 am. It was said that something had burst in the large aquarium at the Hotel DomAquaree. “Glass was flying off the outer wall,” said the fire department spokesman. Two people were injured. Paramedics took them to hospitals.
“The situation is currently unclear,” the fire department said on Twitter.
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Berlin police said there was “enormous” water in the street. According to the traffic information centre, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse is closed in the Unter den Linden direction from Spandauer Strasse. “There is an extreme amount of water on the road.” So far, according to the information, the cause is still unclear.
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