Smoke is also the same thing another Early Morning witness noticed as he was driving down highway 13. I seen the flames coming out the side door so then i whipped around to go to the Grocery Store to tell somebody so brian, the store owner, is a firefighter and he was running out the door fire crews stopped using water for a time for fear of spreading the flammable material around more. But the fire continued to spread until an aerial a foam to smother the flames. One nearby trucking business had semi trailers and even grain trucks parked no more than 50 feet away from the buildings that went up in flames. An employee saw the flames. And drove all the vehicles to safety. We moved our tanker trailer that sits down there. Went and hooked that up. And it was getting a bit warm. But we got it out of there. The owner later discovered just how partially melted from the heat. As for the firefighter who had the reported medical issue, that report did not indicate whether there was a connection
Tonight when they opened the doors, were there many shoppers . No it wasnt too bad actually there were lines only at a few stores right when the mall opened at 6. The National Retail federation predicts 1. 6 million more people will hit the stores this year over the thanksgiving weekend compared to the same time last year. And many of the shoppers i spoke with at the lindale mall said it was their First Time Ever participating. Eager shoppers tonight despite some malls like mall of america opting to stay closed on thanksgiving. 19 15 14;00 our Corporate Office decided the best opportunity for lindale was to be open tonight to provide shoppers with another opportunity to get the best sales, deals and doorbusters. I think it lessens the craziness that we see on black friday so it just starts a little earlier on thanksgiving night. Some stores like francescas and some Jewelry Stores chose not to open, which surprised some shoppers. 19 21 04;25 we were going to go to we went to rue 21. One
Heading out and about for some black friday shopping roads should be just fine across eastern iowa. Any precipitation that will fall will be extremely light if any. Temperatures this morning will be in the low to middle 30s. Expect highs to climb into the low 40s today with gradual clearing to arrive later this afternoon. High pressure will sit to our south and east late tonight and into tomorrow. This will giving us a southerly wind and on top of that well get more sunshine. This will allow for our temperatures to warm into the low 50s for some, others into the upper 40s. Sunday will bring some sun to start, but and continue into monday. Today a flurry possible early, otherwise mostly cloudy. Wind w 515. High 41 alo 40 dbq 40 iow 42 38 to 44 tonight skies clearing. Wind w 510 low 29 alo 28 dbq 29 iow 29 26 to 32 thanks britley. After enjoying the thanksgiving turkey, Many Americans hit the stores for thanksgiving evening deals. As abcs janai norman reports, hundreds more are waiting o
Moves close enough to our area tonight that we could see some at most. The rest of friday quite rise into the upper 40s. Sunday features similar temperatures, but with breezy winds and the chance of showers. Showers last on monday, cooling us back down to normal to close out the stormtrack 7 weather team happy thanksgiving, eastern pressure tracks to the east later today, making way for a moves close enough to our area tonight that we could see some at most. The rest of friday quite mild and as a warm front will temperatures, but with breezy winds and the chance of showers. A cold front will track throug stormtrack 7 weather team happy thanksgiving, eastern pressure tracks to the east a thanksgiving day fire but not started in the kitchen. Large flames and thick black smoke coming from a distributing plant in linn county sending one firefighter to the hospital with possible life threatening injuries. The fire chief telling people who live in town to shut their windows and shut of their
Monte morris and the number 21 iowa state Mens Basketball Team taking on indiana state in the first round of the advocare invitational tournament in orlando. Indiana state is led by former iowa hawkeye assistant greg lansing. And this is a back and forth game from the state. The cyclones Deonte Burton with the steal and jam for the cyclones. Later its the sycamores with 20. Indiana state by five. The cyclones respond. Good iowa state defense leads to a monte morris layup and foul iowa state leads 4140 at the break. In the second half indiana state goes on a run. Brenton scott knocks down a three. The sycamores led by three late. But monte morris and the cyclones answerthis scoop shot by the all americanties the game at 69 in the closing minutes. And with iowa state trailing by two. Matt thomas rattles in what turns out to be the game winning three pointer. The cyclones hold on for a 7371 win. The Northern Iowa panthers are hosting the missouri conference volleyball tournament this than