A road tunnel in Norway has been
closed by a lorry-load of burning cheese. About 27 tonnes of caramelised brown goat cheese - a delicacy known as
Brunost - caught light as it was being driven through the Brattli Tunnel at
Tysfjord, northern Norway, last week.
The fire raged for five days and smouldering toxic gases were slowing the
recovery operation, officials said. The tunnel - which is said to be badly damaged - is likely to remain closed
for several weeks, they added. "We can't go in until it's safe," geologist Viggo Aronsen said.
Police officer Viggo Berg said the high concentration of fat and sugar in the
cheese made it burn "almost like petrol if it gets hot enough". The lorry driver had noticed the fire in his trailer and abandoned it about
300m (1,000ft) from the southern entrance. No-one was hurt.
Kjell Bjoern Vinje, of the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, said it was
the first time he could remember cheese catching fire on Norwegian roads. "I didn't know that brown cheese burns so well," he said.
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