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A “huge, disgusting” fatberg has the weight of a small bungalow has been removed from a London sewer.
People have been urged to be “careful what they flush” following the two-week removal operation for the foul-smelling mass from a conduit in Canary Wharf.
Thames Water engineers and MTS Cleansing Services used high-powered water jets and hand tools to chip away at the rock-like heap – which is said to have smelled like composting festival toilets and rotten meat.
Fatbergs are formed when oil, grease and fat poured down drains combine with non-biodegradable items such as wet wipes, nappies and cotton buds.