Brunost tonnes of brunost caught fire in the long Bratli tunnel in Tysfjord. The temperature increased so much that the Brunost caught fire, the fats and sugars in the cheese fuelling the blaze, making firefighters unable to approach it until four days later, when most of it had burned out. The tunnel was severely damaged, and was closed for repair for several months afterwards. The accident was widely publicized in international media, and was dubbed "the goat cheese fire". It was likened to the 1999 Mont Blanc Tunnel fire, when a truck carrying margarine and flour caught fire. Brunost Brunost ("brown
Tauern Road Tunnel in Carinthia, taking both standard rail passengers as well as car shuttle trains between the two locations. Planned as a two bore tunnel from the beginning, the first bore of the Tauern Road Tunnel was completed in 1975 with a total length of . Plans for the construction of the second, parallel tube were abandoned in 1988 and not resumed until the 1999 fire disaster (see below). On 29 May 1999, about 4:50 a.m., an accident in the tunnel led to a fire in which twelve people were killed and 42 injured. Caused by a collision of up to 60