Article 4WMKV Two giant fatbergs removed from sewers in central London

Two giant fatbergs removed from sewers in central London

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Water company issues Christmas plea for customers to stop pouring fat down drains

Two huge fatbergs together weighing almost 100 tonnes and threatening to cause floods in homes and businesses over Christmas have been cleared from sewers in central London.

Thames Water said a fatberg weighing 63 tonnes - several tonnes of which was concrete - was cleared from a Pall Mall sewer after being broken up by engineers with power tools and by hand.

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