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At least two people were taken to the hospital for injuries from broken glass, the outlet reported, after nearly 100 first responders arrived at the scene, near the central square of Alexanderplatz.
About 300 guests were evacuated from the hotel,according to the Associated Press.
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About 1,500 tropical fish spanning 100 species were enclosed in the cylindrical aquarium, which wrapped around the hotel’s glass elevator and afforded an inside-out view of the sea life, per theTimes.
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“The fish that have survived are being moved as safely as possible,” Markus Kamrad, an official at the Berlin Senate, told theTimes. “Our Plan A is to reactivate the electricity. Plan B would be to bring them to a safe location, and we have some offers from places that say they are ready to take them.”
Officials do not yet know the reason for the incident, but they were investigating any structural issues that may have affected the hotel as a result of the explosion.
Local media relayed that a technical defect may be to blame; police do not think it was a targeted attack,the BBC reported.
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The aquarium, which held theGuinness World Record, debuted in 2003. At the time of its construction, it cost nearly $14 million.
source: people.com
