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 WCCO, Don Shelby and Pat Miles anchor a special 6pm Report, while Dave Nimmer reports from the scene of the fire, which was still hot and in chaos less than one day from the initial blaze.
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