'Fatberg' the size of a double-decker bus pulled from London sewer A 15-tonne ball of congealed food fat, dubbed Britain's biggest ever "fatberg", has been dredged up from a London sewer.

It took 10 days to remove the double-decker-bus-sized lump of food fat mixed with other waste, chiefly sanitary wipes, from under a major road in Kingston, southwest London, according to Utility company Thames Water.

Thames Water says it is the biggest lump of fat ever removed from the drains.

Left there much longer, it could have caused raw sewage to start flooding homes, streets and businesses throughout the area. (read on)

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