Overview
- Camera inspections identified a roughly 100‑metre, about 100‑tonne accumulation beneath Whitechapel in East London.
- Thames Water crews have begun breaking up the blockage and say full clearance could take weeks.
- The sewer is only partially obstructed and there are currently no household impacts, according to the BBC.
- The utility describes the formation as a descendant of Whitechapel’s 2017 fatberg, which reached more than 250 metres and about 130 tonnes, with a fragment later exhibited by the Museum of London.
- Residents are urged to keep fats, oils, sauces, gravy, cream and wet wipes out of drains, with officials noting such cleanups cost utilities millions each year.