‘Monster’ fatberg blocks Birmingham sewer

Mass weighing equivalent of 250 cars not expected to be cleared until June, says water company

Engineers are working around the clock to clear a monster" fatberg 1km long which is clogging a sewer in Birmingham.

The blockage is not expected to be removed until June, water services company Severn Trent said in a statement, adding that the fatberg was about four miles east of the city centre, in Hodge Hill.