KSTP Eyewitness News at 5pm coverage of the Downtown Minneapolis Thanksgiving Fire November 26, 1982 Stan Turner, Cyndy Brucato, Dennis Bounds
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Thanksgiving Day 1982, 5pm
The remains of the downtown Minneapolis Donaldson's store glowed in a blaze of fire in what has been one of Minneapolis' largest and most destructive fires in the cities history.  The fire, which was started by arson started in the remains of Donaldson's former downtown store eventually catching Northwestern Bank's Headquarters (later Norwest, now Wells Fargo) destroying the building and damaging the iconic "Weather Ball", ultimately leaving a block of downtown Minneapolis in ashes for what should have been the biggest shopping day of the year.  
In this report from KSTP-TV, Stan Turner reports directly from the scene of the fire 24 hours later.  
A day in Minnesota and Minneapolis history not forgotten.  Interesting video and images of what downtown Minneapolis looked like almost 30 years ago. 
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April 23, 2011
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Curt Lundgren and Tom Gavaras
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