Vegan firefighter fights very first blaze — involving 40K pounds of burning ribeye steak

She wasn’t in it for the BBQ!

A vegan firefighter from Missouri hosed down a burning tractor-trailer truck hauling 40,000 pounds of ribeye steak in a culinary catastrophe the department called a “a total loss.”

Jenna Ulrich, of the Doolittle Rural Fire Protection District, raced to her very first high-steaks emergency on Interstate 174 Monday despite her status as the department’s only official herbivore, officials said. 

“Nothing says ‘welcome to the fire service’ like sending the probie to put out 40,000 pounds of flaming ribeye!” the department wrote in a Facebook post.

“Probationary Firefighter Jenna Ulrich is the only vegan on our department—so naturally, her very first fire involved a tractor trailer carrying 40,000 pounds of ribeye steak.”

The veggie-munching smoke eater was stationed on the hose line as the fire fatally flame-broiled the expensive meat, footage posted by the department shows.

Her firefighter dad, Glen, is also shown working beside her.

It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the fire or if anybody was injured.

Despite a job well done, firefighters weren’t able to save the steaks from their untimely roast.