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A 250-meter long fatberg weighing 130 tons has been discovered blocking a sewer line in London.
The huge mass of congealed fat, wet wipes, diapers, oil and condoms formed in a sewer tunnel in Whitechapel, the BBC reported.
Thames Water officials said it was one of the biggest blockages they had seen before and that it would take three weeks to remove, according to the BBC.
Fatbergs form when people put things they shouldn't down toilets and sinks.
The fatberg weighs as much as 10.5 school buses, or a blue whale.
The length of the fatberg is actually 6 meters longer than the 244-meter Tower Bridge.
Workers began removing the mass this week. Eight workers will use high-pressure hoses to break up the mass, then suck up the pieces into trucks and then transport the waste to a recycling station.
RUNDOWN SHOWS:
1. The fatberg in the sewer tunnel
2. Fatbergs are congealed masses of fat, oil, diapers, wet wipes, sanitary napkins
3. The weight and length of the fatberg
4. Workers removing the fatberg
VOICEOVER (in English):
"A 250-meter long fatberg weighing 130 tons has been discovered blocking a sewer line in Whitechapel, London."
"A fatberg is a giant mass of congealed fat, oils, wet naps, diapers, sanitary napkins and other things that should not be flushed down the toilet or washed down the sink."
"The fatberg weighs as much as 10.5 school buses or a blue whale. The length of the fatberg is actually 6 meters longer than the 244-meter Tower Bridge."
"Eight workers will use high-pressure hoses to break up the mass, then suck up the pieces into trucks and then transport the waste to a recycling station."
SOURCES: BBC
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