A probationary firefighter at a rural fire department in Missouri had a unique experience when responding to her first fire on Monday.

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.

Ulrich was working on Monday morning when the department received a call reporting a tractor-trailer on fire on Interstate 174 eastbound.

The catch? The truck was carrying 40,000 pounds of ribeye steaks.

“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.

Forty thousand pounds worth of ribeye steaks were burnt to a crisp on Monday after a tractor-trailer transporting the meat caught on fire on a Missouri interstate. (iStock)

Despite a job well done on the firefighters’ behalf, the department said the steaks were “a total loss.”

This is not the first time the small department has been called to extinguish flaming trailers carrying food. 

On June 8, firefighters with the Doolittle Rural Fire Protection District responded to a tractor-trailer “fully-loaded” with onions engulfed in flames. (Doolittle Rural Fire Protection District/Facebook)

In June, a tractor-trailer “fully-loaded” with onions caught on fire, resulting in another total loss.