When Spilled Food Makes A Huge Mess (In A Tunnel Or On A Road)
Originally published on Thu January 24, 2013 7:42 am Rarely do
we consider the trucks, trains and tankers that transport our
food around our cities — and around the world. It's not until an
accident happens, and the food inside these vessels comes
pouring out, that we remember all this food in motion around us,
and how damaging it can be when it spills. The truth is, a lot
of food is extremely sticky, bulky — and sometimes, flammable.
And apparently, the people who move it around are just as
accident prone as the rest of us. At least, that's what struck
us after reading this week about the massive goat cheese fire in
Norway, in which nearly 30 tons of a specialty brown cheese
called brunost caught on fire and burned for days, forcing the
closure of a tunnel for an estimated two weeks. This giant
roadside cheese flambé is hardly the first food disaster to
cause more than a few headaches in recent years. Take, for
example, the recent yogurt disaster