12/25/2012

A 33-ton shark tank suddenly bursts in a Shanghai shopping center. Fifteen people sustained injuries.

­Three lemon sharks and dozens of smaller fish and turtles were housed inside the 7-meter-long, 3-meter-high aquarium.

CCTV footage shows the majority of people were standing right near the shark-filled aquarium when it literally exploded.

"There were lots of injuries caused by flying glass, some of them serious because the glass was so thick. We are investigating what caused this," a police spokesman was cited by the Austrian Times.

No official reason for the destruction has been given so far, but customers said they believe a sudden temperature drop might have caused an explosion as it dramatically grew colder in Shanghai last week.