Our top story tonight. A firefigher is in the hospital tonight. With possibly life threatining injuries after a huge fire at an Oil Recycling facility. The fire happening at iowa gold distributing on iehl street in central city iowa it started this morning. The flames still not completely out this is video of fire crews attempting to put out the fire earlier today you can see billows of smoke. Walls melted down flames still high. As firefighters run past the wreckage and here are more pictures of the bu fire, caused by barrels of oil, according to officials roads blocked off as well with more on the state of the fire tonight. Lets go to kwwls Taylor Bailey live in central city taylor . The business behind me is unrecognizablei am told the building held hundreds of liters of oil. The oilcausing multiple explosions the smokevisible for miles 12 the fire after eight on thanksgiving morning people in the area say they heard an explosionthen saw flames many people coming to see the fire for themselves. Hope they, this is one of the more enjoyable places that i worked at the fire continued for hoursi am told the fire kept flaring up because of all the oil, the exact cause of t unknown. The central city fire chief telling me he is unsure of what chemicals could be in the smokeurging people in the area to be cautious shut their windows, turn off their furnaces and stay inside tonight. Live in central city. Taylor bailey. News seven. Kwwl alright taylor thanks so much lets take a look at storm track highest the smoke from the radar with that in mind lets go to storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel now for from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team happy thanksgiving, eastern iowa most of the day will be later today, making way for a low pressure system to move in. The Second System is close enough that there will be very close enough to our area tonight that we could see some light snow or rain snow mix into friday morning. As it tracks to the northeast, Early Morning shoppers on friday may see a light dusting of sn mild and as a warm front will track through. Highs on saturday rise into the upper winds and the chance of showers. Showers last into monday, when we could warm to the low 50s. A cold front will track through on monday, cooling us back down to normal to close out the for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team happy thanksgiving, eastern iowa most of the day will be from their home for the holiday after a fire. According to family members they were able to get out all cedar falls firefighters responding within minutes to 37ten briarwood drive to douse the flames after 8 oclock last night. Kwwls Macleod Hageman joins s mac . Witnesses and firefighters tell me they believe the fire started from the homes wood burning stove. Chelsea style says she was visiting family across the street for thanksgiving when her mom started yelling the neighbors house was on fire. She went outside and started recording video with her cellphone. I talked to the theyre trying to figure out what to do with their home also what to do for thanksgiving. Can always come over to our place. the neighbors are really right now the family of five staying with relatives two doors down from their home. According to the mom she had surgery earlier this week and was just looking forward to recooperating with family. Live the studio Macleod Hageman news seven kwwl. According to firefighters the family was able to salvage some property since most of the fire was isolated to the homes attic and insulation. President elect donald trump is skipping out on most daily Intelligence Briefings thats according to a report by the washington post. Us Officials Say hes met only twice with intelligence analysts to get up to speed on security threats and world events but they do vp pence is attending briefings nearly every day one of iowas fastest growning cities will soon have a new nielsen was elected to the iowa state house and will vacate her after nielsens resignation to either appoint a new mayor or hold a special election. If they do appoint a mayor a elgible voters. We do know of at least one once i resign so that they can trigger a special election. More than likely were going to end up having a special election. I dont know what would prevent that from happening at this point. Election to happen signatures of 15 percent of voters from the last regular city election have to be collected which adds up to only 26. One eastern Iowa Sheriffs Office is ready for winter Winneshiek County receiving upgrades to all fleet cars this means theyll have patrol trucks to serve and protect this winter kwwls brad hanson has more on the upgrade brad hanson, bhansonkwwl when theres no Winneshiek County Sheriffs Office definitely thinking about fleet to better deal with conditions like this. They now have three brand new trucks, and have upgraded all their vehicles to be four wheel drive. That means when most will be inside weathering the storm, theyll be able to be out and effective helping where needed. dan marx, Winneshiek County sheriff we dont get to take a day off because of weather, and we dont close down because of weather. So we still have to work in the worst kind thats when we become the busiest, in the bad weather too, so having an all four wheel drive fleet means theyll be able to respond much faster than years past. brad hanson, bhansonkwwl not only will these vehicles be able to help people when they get stuck in the snow, they were actually all purchased locally, so theyre putting that money right back into the community here. In decorah, brad all of those vehicles are now on the roads, and sheriff marx says theyve already seen that four wheel drive capability come in handy. One of the worlds oldest pilots is flying into 99years next month but ernie smith says he has no plans to be grounded anytime soon ernie is from red oak, and his love for planes started when he was a young boy he flew for decades but in his 80s. He stopped because of his wis coming up. How one couple stopped a thief. With apple cider and. The saying goes that a dog is a mans best friend. And not even a motorcycle can tear them apart thats coming up in just a few heres a live look at the storm lets go to storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel now for 7 weather team. See the screen information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen here is additional forecast iowa most of the day will be that there will be very little sunshine today, if any. Highs enough to our area tonight that tracks to the northeast, early temperatures, but with breezy winds and the chance of showers. A cold front will track through on monday, cooling us back down here is additional forecast information from the kwwl iowa most of the day will be low pressure system to move in. Highs warm into the upper 30s and low 40s. Low pressure moves shoppers on friday may see a light dusting of snow mild and as a warm front will temperatures, but with breezy winds and the chance of showers. A cold front will track through from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen information from the kwwl dry for eastern iowa. High low pressure system to move. And low 40s. Low pressure friday morning. As it tracks to the northeast, early most. The rest of friday will be mild and as a warm front will temperatures, but with breezy winds and the chance of showers. A cold front will track through information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl iowa most of the day will be low pressure system to move in. The enough to our area tonight that we could see some light snow or will be dry with decreasing clouds and highs in the low to features similar temperatures, but with breezy winds and the chance of showers. Stormtrack 7 weather team happy pressure tracks to the east later today, making way for a little sunshine today, if any. Tonight that we could see some light snow or rain snow mix into be dry with decreasing clouds and highs in the low to mid 40s. Temperatures, but with breezy winds and the chance of showers. A cold front will track through on monday, cooling us back down information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team happy dry for eastern iowa. High the Second System is close enough that there will be very close enough to our area tonight tracks to the northeast, early most. The rest of friday will be showers last into monday, when we could warm to the low 50s. Month. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 here is additional forecast iowa most of the day will be later today, making way for a low pressure system to move in. Highs warm into the upper 30s that we could see some light will be dry with decreasing clouds and highs in the low to features similar temperatures, but with breezy winds and the chance of showers. A cold front will track through on monday, cooling us back down to normal to close out the thanksgiving, eastern iowa most of the day will be that we could see some light snow or rain snow mix into light dusting of snow at most. The weekend starts off quite mild and as a warm front will into monday, when we could warm to the low 50s. To normal to close out the information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team happy dry for eastern iowa. High pressure tracks to the east enough that there will be very close enough to our area tonight tracks to the northeast, Early Morning shoppers on friday may dry with decreasing clouds and track through. Highs on saturday rise into the upper a cold front will track through on monday, cooling us back down 7 weatr stormtrack 7 weather team happy dry for eastern iowa. High pressure tracks to the east enough that there will be very close enough to our area tonight tracks to the northeast, early most. The rest of friday will be mild and as a warm front will but with breezy winds and the one mans love for motorcycles and for his dog coming up. Well meet this mans best friend a motorcycle rider and his best friend are pretty hard to miss when they ride together. Especially because one of them sound tinkering on piston nat its gonna get some new piston rings spend a few minutes that need tended too you can see the man knows his motorcycles nat the older the harley, the marine by choice nat i got a lot of miles under willy sears oh, i probably spend four hours a day out here and most of my weekends mostly of his focus, restoring his 1976 Harley Davdison sportster willy sears its my baby it will be the one that one of my grandsons gets to inherit. Nat garage door open by the time he starts making progress, willys best friend seems to show up willy sears he badgers me to go on rides, and just about every time. Willy sears hes a 150lb guy hes just not cabable of riding by himself elvis, gets his way nat hey elvis, come here buddy nat dog feet nat atta boy, attay boy, you wanna go for a ride . Cmon, tuck four year old great dane has to follow willy sears my wife thought is was an important pice of Safety Equipment we had to have, he doesnt like them. Srives away the hilarity of watching willy and elvis cruise down the road looks like something that would have taken months of professional training turns out. Willy sears last year, it just kind of happened. I had bought a side car that needed to be refurbished and when i had it taken apart, off the bike he was very interested in it, i had him car that needed to be refurbished and when i had it taken apart, off the bike he was sit in it and id give him a and this is what its we ride to the lake, saylorville lake, we run aroudn town a lot. Elvis isnt the first big dog willys called his buddy willy sears weve had 30 great danes and theyre just the gentlest creatures youll ever know over the years, hes taken in rescues and others needing a good home with the biggest hurdle being the breeds longevity. But willy knows no matter how memorable as this. Willy sears becasue they become such a big part of your life, theyre such a big presence, its two during big part of your life, theyre dane will get a side car ride becuase elvis. Willy says there are so many people who take pictures of the two during rides, they sometimes cause major traffic backups. Still to come on the kwwl news at what they did to keep him from getting away and. Picking up deals while picking up a paycheck are more people shopping while at work . Shooting at an annual thanksgiving day flag Football Game four others are injured officials arent sure what the motive is yet for the shooting they know there was more than one shooter no arrests have been made we now know the name of the sixth child killed in a School Bus Crash the crash happening monday in tennessee Keyonte Wilson died from injuries he received in the accident 36 other children were on the bus when it hit a tree. Five died on impact five others remain hospitalized this thanksgiving the driver of the bus Johnthany Walker arrested after the crash he faces five counts of vehicular homicide a couple catches a suspected thief while hes trying to raid their car. But you wont believe how they got him stacey and gerald ellis pull into their driveway after a night out. To see the light on in their apple cider as protection gerald tackles the suspect to the ground. But he pulled out a bb gun. Then stacey takes the cider. Wholloping the thief over the head until Police Arrived if you plan to shop for the holidays while youre on the job and should be working. You wont be alone. According to a new study by careerbuilder, more people plan to shop online this year while at work more than half of workers say theyll spend some time shopping over the internet while on the job. The rv work still to come on the kwwl news at five. Some fortunate fowl. Coming straight from iowa about everyone is in the holiday spirit including governor branstad. Pardonin g two iowa turkeys and the best part . Theyre named after the chicago cubs Terry Branstad so now carving knives and gravy from this thanksgiving day. Turkeys bryant and rizzo will retire to Living History Farms for the rest of their days thanks for watching the kwwl news at five. Nbc nightly news is next. We want remind you, were tonight, working holiday. 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