Semi-truck catches fire with 41,000 lbs of meat in Wisconsin

A stretch of highway near Appleton was shut down for four hours after semi-truck carrying 41,000 pounds of meat caught fire.

The Appleton Post-Crescent reports no one was injured in the fire Monday at about 6 a.m. It happened on the northbound lanes of Interstate 41.

Grand Chute fire crews used two engines to extinguish the flames. The cause of the fire remains under investigation and a dollar estimate for the damage is unavailable.