Huge aquarium in Berlin inexplicably bursts, dumping 1 million litres of water onto city streets

A huge aquarium in Berlin, Germany, home to around 1,500 exotic fish burst early on Friday, spilling 1 million litres of water and debris onto the road.

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 in height.

The spokesperson said it was still unclear what had caused the aquarium to burst. Neither the fire brigade nor the police commented on the fate of the fish.