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Firefighters in Missouri said 40,000 pounds of rib-eye steak were burned after the truck transporting them caught fire earlier this week.

"Unfortunately, they are all a total loss," the Doolittle Rural Fire Protection District said on Facebook.

A tractor-trailer carrying 40,000 pounds of rib-eye steaks caught fire on an interstate in Missouri on Monday.

‘A total loss’

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Firefighters with the Doolittle Rural Fire Protection District were called to a vehicle fire on the 174 eastbound in Doolittle, Missouri, on the morning of August 18.

The fire department shared video on its Facebook account showing the trailer engulfed in flames as firefighters worked to put it out.

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In the post, the department also shared that the incident was one of their pro

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