I live in Illinois by the recent flooding and got fired for not being willing to drive twice the distance...?

I had only been at this company for 6 weeks when the big Mississippi River flood hit, causing the bridge I have to cross to get to work to close. I can still get there, but it turns my 60 mile round trip to 120 miles to take the only other route. After 1 week of making that drive (and $160 in gas later) I was told to call the unemployment office to ask about disaster help. The worker there said that I could file for disaster unemployment, so I did. I called my employer and let him know that I was not financially able to make that drive untill the bridge opens back up(I "GROSS" $1,500 monthly) which they were calling for it to be close for at least a few weeks. He had the office manager call me 2 weeks later and tell me to return my key. I just got a letter in the mail from unemployment saying that he is protesting my unemployment and saying that I quit my job. We have the telephone confrence between me, the unemployment rep., and my employer next week. Any ideas on possible outcome?