An aquarium in Berlin that was home to around 1,500 exotic fish burst early on Friday, spilling 1 million litres (2,64,172 gallons) of water and debris onto a major road in the busy Mitte district, emergency services said. Around 100 emergency responders rushed to the scene, a leisure complex that houses a Radisson hotel, a museum, shops and restaurants as well as what the DomAquaree complex says is the world’s largest freestanding cylindrical aquarium at 14 metres (46 ft) in height. 

“In addition to the unbelievable maritime damage... two people were injured by glass splinters,” Berlin police said on Twitter. A spokesperson for the Berlin fire brigade said emergency responders had been unable to access the ground floor due to the debris. Search and rescue dogs were being sent to the scene, he added.