A team of "flushers" equipped with full breathing apparatus has been drafted in with shovels to dig out an estimated 1,000 tonnes of putrid fat from an area under Leicester Square.
They use powerful jets to break it down.
The operation, which is being mounted by Thames Water, began in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
The build-up of fat and grease underground is the result of years of "sewer abuse" - when anything other than water, human waste and toilet paper is put down drains - according to Thames Water.
Danny Brackley, the water company's sewer flusher, said: "We're used to getting our hands dirty, but nothing on this scale.
"We couldn't even access the sewer as it was blocked by a four-foot wall of solid fat."
The clean-up is expected to last for around two weeks.
Thames Water spends £12 million a year clearing around 55,000 sewer blockages across London and the Thames Valley.
via Fat cleared from London sewers will fill nine double-decker buses - Telegraph.
When I visited London I was impressed by many things, but not by the food. Some dishes of meat looked like they would require powerful jets to break them up before one might eat them.
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