Overview

• A tractor-trailer carrying more than 40,000 pounds of ribeye steaks caught fire early Monday on eastbound Route 174 near Doolittle, Missouri.
• The Doolittle Rural Fire Protection District responded and declared the beef cargo a total loss after extinguishing the blaze.
• Probationary firefighter Jenna Ulrich, the department’s only vegan, battled her first fire alongside her father, Glenn, as noted in a playful Facebook post.
• Officials said the cause remains under investigation and that the incident marked the department’s eighth vehicle fire in three weeks.
• Both eastbound lanes were closed during the response and no injuries were reported, and a June trailer fire involving onions also ended in a total loss.