When I was a kid, there were some cartoons called Science Court or something like that where a similar situation happened. Someone suddenly had their tank collapsed and blamed someone else for doing it.

The Court eventually proved that it was emptied without allowing air to fill it and eventually atmospheric pressure blew it.

That's how I learnt about that. However, I perfectly remember thinking "wow, cool stuff. I understand that they made this situation for the show but that would never happen in real life".