Repair work after 'fatberg'
Thames Water say a lump of fat the size of a double-decker bus has been discovered and removed from a London sewer. The 'fatberg' of food fat mixed with wet wipes formed in drains under London Road in Kingston.
CCTV of workers setting up to clean biggest 'fatberg'
CCTV investigations in London Road, Kingston found a mound of fat the size of a bus had reduced the 70 x 48cm sewer to just 5% of its normal capacity.
Thames Water has begun repairs to 20 metres of the damaged pipe and work is expected to take up to six weeks to complete.
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