<p class="speakable">A probationary firefighter at a rural <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/midwest/missouri" rel="noopener" target="_blank">fire department in Missouri</a> had a unique experience when responding to her first fire on Monday.</p><p class="speakable">The Doolittle Rural Fire Protection District, located in the very small town of Doolittle, said it has one vegan, and that happens to be Jenna Ulrich – a new firefighter whose father is also a firefighter.</p><p>Ulrich was working on Monday morning when the department received a call reporting a tractor-trailer on fire on Interstate 174 eastbound.</p><p>The catch? The truck was carrying 40,000 pounds of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/food-drink/food" rel="noopener" target="_blank">ribeye steaks.</a></p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/health/firefighters-cut-open-playground-slide-rescue-40-year-old-man-stuck-inside" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>FIREFIGHTERS CUT OPEN PLAYGROUND SLIDE TO RESCUE 40-YEAR-OLD MAN STUCK INSIDE</strong></a></p><p>Ulrich was stationed on the hose line during the ordeal and can be seen spraying water on the beefed-up inferno in the video posted online by the department. </p><p>Her dad, Glenn, was working alongside her.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/hot-dogs-spill-across-interstate-after-tractor-trailer-crash-clog-commute-steamed-motorists" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>HOT DOGS SPILL ACROSS INTERSTATE AFTER TRACTOR TRAILER CRASH TO CLOG COMMUTE FOR STEAMED MOTORISTS</strong></a></p><p>"Nothing says ‘welcome to the fire service’ like sending the probie to put out 40,000 pounds of flaming ribeye!" the district joked on Facebook.</p><p>Despite a job well done on the firefighters' behalf, the department said the steaks were "a total loss."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</u></strong></a></p><p>This is not the first time the small department has been called to extinguish flaming trailers carrying food. </p><p>In June, a tractor-trailer "fully-loaded" with onions <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/fires" rel="noopener" target="_blank">caught on fire,</a> resulting in another total loss.</p>
Vegan firefighter hoses down burning tractor-trailer carrying 40,000 pounds of rib-eye steaks: 'Total loss'

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