40,000 pounds of steaks lost in semitruck fire along I-44 in Missouri
ByJacob Richey 
Thursday, August 21, 2025
PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. -- Forty thousand pounds of ribeye steaks are a total loss after the semitruck carrying them caught fire in Phelps County Monday morning, according to a local fire protection district.
The Doolittle Rural Fire Protection District responded to the fire on Interstate 44 eastbound at the 174-mile marker, which is in western Phelps County.
Doolittle Rural Fire Protection District/KOMU via CNN Newsource
The Fire District wrote on Facebook that the response to the fire shut down both lanes of I-44 eastbound.
The Fire District said this was its eighth vehicle fire in three weeks.
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