• Question: How flammable is cheese?

    Asked by twihard2000 to Rory on 24 Jun 2014.
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      Rory Hadden answered on 24 Jun 2014:

      Hi,
      Cheese is very flammable!! Because it consists mostly of fat, it contains a lot of energy. This means it will burn very well if the conditions are right. There was a huge fire in a tunnel in Norway when a lorry carrying cheese caught fire. It burned for 5 days. Read more about it here http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-21141244

      Another type of food that is dangerous is milk powder (like used for making baby milk). There have been some fires caused when milk powder spontaneously ignited during manufacture!

      I don’t recommend you trying to set fire to cheese though – that would be dangerous!

      Rory

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