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
Fjærland Tunnel opened which continued National Road 5 from Fjærland all the way to Sogndalsfjøra. Fjærland Tunnel The Fjærland Tunnel () is a long road tunnel in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The tunnel opened on 31 May 1986 and it is part of Norwegian National Road 5. The tunnel connects the village of Lunde in Jølster Municipality and the village of Fjærland in Sogndal Municipality. The tunnel goes through mountains in the Jostedalsbreen National Park which lies between the two villages. The Marabreen glacier sits high above the tunnel. The village area of Fjærland was only accessible by boat on the