WHAT ARE FATBERGS?
Fatbergs are blockages made up of flushed fat, oil, grease and other flushed waste such as wet wipes and illegal drugs.
They form into huge concrete-like slabs and can be found beneath almost every UK city, growing larger with every flush.
They also include food wrappers and human waste, blocking tunnels - and raising the risk of sewage flooding into homes.
The biggest ever discovered in the UK was a 750-metre (2,460ft) monster found under London's South Bank in 2017 (pictured)
They can grow metres tall and hundreds of metres long, with water providers last year declaring an epidemic of fatberg emergencies in 23 UK cities, costing tens of millions of pounds to remove.
The biggest ever discovered in the UK was a 750-metre (2,460ft) monster found under London's South Bank in 2017.
Fatbergs take weeks to remove and form when people put things they shouldn't down sinks and toilets.
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