Fly-tipping plaguing one city street for five years has got so bad it has turned a house black. The huge putrid mound of rubbish including rotting meat and leftover food is added to several times a day and has piled up yards from a doctor's surgery since 2015.
Locals are forced to move into traffic to dodge the stinking heap and access their GP and pharmacy in Balsall Heath, Birmingham.
And mould from the mass of stuffed bin bags, food waste and scrap has spread up the wall of the home its stacked against, turning it black.
Rats and other pests feast on the festering waste and it gives off a horrific stench. A resident, who did not wish to be named, told BirminghamLive he'd complained to Birmingham City Council but the problem persists.
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