Monster fatberg blocks London

A “MONSTER” fatberg weighing more than 10 double-decker buses is blocking a sewer under a street in east London.

The deposit, made up of wet wipes, nappies and hardened cooking fat, has clogged up a stretch of Victorian sewer under the busy Whitechapel Road.

Thames Water’s head of waste networks Matt Rimmer described the 130-ton fatberg as a “total monster”.

He said: “This fatberg is up there with the biggest we’ve ever seen.

“It’s a total monster. It’s basically like trying to break up concrete.”

The giant fatberg is also 250 metres long.