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Wednesday, 23 January 2013

Norway goat cheese fire closes tunnel

Bizarre headline of the day, week & maybe year...
I liked:
'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.'
And:

' 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.'
But was intrigued by this:

' 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".'
Could this sort of cheese be an alternative fuels?

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21141244

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