A rookie firefighter in Missouri had an unusual initiation into the profession when her very first fire response involved tens of thousands of pounds of beef. The Doolittle Rural Fire Protection District revealed that Jenna Ulrich — its only vegan recruit — was among those called to a tractor-trailer fire on I-44, 100 miles south of St. Louis. The truck was hauling 40,000 pounds of ribeye steaks. “Nothing says ‘welcome to the fire service’ like sending a rookie to put out 40,000 pounds of flaming ribeye!” the department joked on social media, highlighting the irony of its vegan firefighter taking on a beef-heavy blaze. While the team managed to contain the fire, officials said the cargo of ribeye steaks was destroyed in the incident.
