DOOLITTLE, Mo. — A tractor-trailer carrying 40,000 pounds of ribeye steaks caught fire Monday morning on Interstate 44.
According to the Doolittle Rural Fire Protection District, firefighters responded Monday morning to a tractor-trailer fire near mile marker 174 on eastbound I-44.
The tractor-trailer was carrying the ribeye steaks, and according to the fire department, the steaks were “all a total loss.”
The eastbound lanes of I-44 were closed temporarily while the crews responded to the fire. The lanes have since reopened.
There is no word on what caused the fire.