>> right now on cbs 2 news 10 at 10. >> the explosions were going off. >> a massive fire sets off several explosions. >> the big reason crews struggle to get the flames under control. >> the holiday shopping rush begins. and how you can make the season right for someone else here in the corridor top stories and tomorrow's weather first forecast in the first 10 minutes. this is cbs 2 news 10 at 10. >> right now linn county authorities are trying to it happened at iowa gold -- that's an oil recycling business on iehl street.cbs 2 news reporter on isles street in central city. matt hammill has been following the developments all day long. he joins us live from the scene . >>

spots -- smouldering - - ad lib - - but also a feeling this could have been so much worse.have been so this could have been so much worse. witnesses saw flames soar into the air and responding fire teams could see the smoke ten miles before they got to the scene - with so much oil - to feed the fire - what started in one building - quickly spread to another.nat ((3:24:32)) " the explosions are going off and you can feel the heat. " neighbors say - the flames moved so fast - they didn't know what would happen next. tina vanourney - witnessed iowa gold fire (( 3:24:37 )) " it's crazy, it was very

on. " nats - fire " " right in the middle of the battle - as crews struggled to bring the raging fire under control - chief jim o'leary - watched the smoke plume - settling over central city and realizedeveryone could be in danger.chief jim o'leary - central city fire (( 18:20)) " we do have a message out to them to turn their heat off .. city and realized many people could be in danger. >> we made everybody stay indoors. >> one firefighter had to be rushed to the hospital for exertion and other sp >> joe drexler's son is a volunteer and says everyone rushes in. fought into the afternoon before the flames at the oil recycling center were under control.chief o'leary calls it an emotional day - when good people left their friends and family to help their community - and he's thankful for them all.chief jim o'leary - central city fire (( 1:14;09 )) " we were told we were just volunteers (( butted 1:14:18)) a& a bunch

for them all. >> we were told we were just volunteers. >> everyone did an awesome job. they did great. >> here in central city more than a half-dozen other departments rushing in to help this morning. the fire chief says air quality is okay here in town. it has been tested. he expects the determine a cause of this fire. covering the corridor in central city matt hammill cbs 2 news 10 it and. >> we like to think the viewers who sent their pictures of this massive fire. remember when you see breaking news let us know. >> a happy thanksgiving to everyone tonight. we do have a

have developed across the central counties. most of which is between highway 30 and highway 20. as you can see there is blue in here so in some spots some wet snowflakes. a lot of this is just sprinkles and moving quickly to the east and after midnight this comes to and from west to east. no major concerns with this disturbance. it's out of the area by early tomorrow morning. after that i do think we will have clouds. there's not much clearing to the west of us. another overcast day here in eastern iowa. if you are up early and doing traveling or shopping it looks like temperatures should be around 33 degrees. eventually temperatures will get to 42 degrees. there is good news in the weekend forecast is temperatures are expected to make a nice rise.

coverage of the protests of the the code access pipeline. volunteers in wisconsin were hitting the road with hundreds of pounds of food. this week 10 volunteers packed up a bus and took offered north dakota to feed the people protesting the pipeline there. people donated meat, milk and roles to the volunteers.>> we need to do something. we started talking about it and made it happen. >> we are going to have a lot of stew. >> this is about thanksgiving. >> volunteers plan to cook as much as they can and donate the rest to other groups were preparing food. the goal is to feed as many people as possible. the salvation army famous red kettles are out across the kettle campaign.cbs 2 news reporter joe husinga shows us how you

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covering the corridor joe huis right now -- the kettle campaign has raised more than 76-thousand dollars.if you'd like to volunteer -- go to the salvation army website.we've placed a link to it on our website - cbs 2 iowa dot com. now ten at ten continues with a look at tonight's other stories across the corridor. in cedar rapids -- hundreds of at other top stories across the corridor in cedar rapids

prepare thanksgiving meals for their neighbors. the volunteers packed and if you'd like to help next year -- we have all the information you need to sign up on our website -- cbs 2 next year we have that information that you need to sign up on our website at cbs2iowa.com. even with the cloudy skies and cold temperatures more than 1600 people laced up their sneakers and turned out for the cedar rapids turkey trot. the annual event kicked off this morning in the new bohemia district. proceeds hel >> to corridor schools grabbed national attention this morning. watching pants from mount vernon and williamsburg. in the chicago thanksgiving day parade. as we first reported both bands have been practicing for months . this is the first time either one has been selected to march in a national parade. >> many corridor retailers are getting ready for the holiday shopping rush. this is a live look out of the

more full every time we checked back in. managers tell cbs 2 news every store got last shipment for black friday and they should be ready for the early shoppers. the mall will open at -- stay open until 1 am and reopen at six. >> other stores is also open. best buy is open until 1 am. electronics retail reopens at 8:00 tomorrow morning. call ridge mall is open tonight tanger outlets ctr. in williamsburg will be open until 10:00 friday night. >> in iowa city the area chamber of commerce is rewarding shoppers for taking the holiday list to local source. 12 businesses are participating in the by here holiday blitz. there is no purchase necessary to sign up. tickets go into three drawings of participating stores on our

and if your thanksgiving celebrations have you going out to the malls -- be sure to send us pictures of your shopping experience.download our news app -- kgan-cbs2 and upload your photos to "see it send it" in the menu column. it's free for android and apple devices. the latest powerball jackpot would make buying everything on that christmas wish list a little easier.nobody won last night's drawing.the prize for saturday's drawing sits at 403-million- jackpot in the game's history.the record-setting jackpot -- was won in january when it was one-point-six- billion dollars. that is cbs 2 news ten at ten -- the corridor's top stories and tomorrow's weather first forecast in the first ten minutes.still to come...the head football coach at gladbrook reinbeck is doing more than just winning state titles - meet our ed thomas coach of the week - later on

tomorrow on cbs 2 this morning - thanksgiving may be over but the holiday season is just getting started, how you can give back to a corridor organization in need of your musical talents - at whatever level. that's tomorrow on cbs 2. it's time for

shoppers are getting a head start. we've seen people camped out in weather that is silly. this is not too bad. >> most people would take this. we are above normal and any time you are on the plus side you have to take it. we will keep it even better as we get into the weekend. once this disturbance moves by will get southerly winds. temperatures over the weekend should be in the 50s. tonight after a dry date we do have a weak disturbance streaking by you could see is producing light precipitation. most of what you are looking at is between interstate 80 and south of highway 20. it continues to move to the east. it looks worse than it is. a lot of this is not reaching the ground. when you are seeing are sprinkles. if you light showers of rain and snow will be found as it moves by shortly after midnight.

if you will be doing some shopping or traveling tomorrow you won't see any major weather issues. will start the day in the 30s and end up at 40 degrees for the afternoon high. i don't think we will see much of the sun. once a system goes by the clouds are lingering out there in nebraska and south dakota. it's going to take another day or so before those get at here. it will be a pretty day but the temperatures should be back around 40 degrees and that's few degrees above normal for this time a year. as this disturbance crosses the midwest and trying to squeeze out those light showers and that's moving quickly. on the predictor embellishes any precipitation. our model is not impressed with the system. by tomorrow morning any precipitation is gone. you could still see the clouds. around noon time in the western county the models indicating a bit of clearing. it will be

late tomorrow afternoon or tomorrow evening we should break out the clouds and that will set us up for saturday with sunshine in the skies and southerly winds and tempter's have a good chance to reach up to 50 degrees. the hawkeyes have a game at kinnick stadium and that starts at 2:30 the afternoon. if you're heading that way you want to dress warmly. the kickoff temperature around 41 degrees with westerly winds at 10 miles per hour. considering the time of year ordered one not too bad. over the next temperatures rising over the weekend with the south winds and the storms over the us. we may reach 57 degrees which is 18 degrees above normal. on wednesday and thursday temperatures go back into the 30s which is more typical for this time of year our next-door system comes on late sunday through monday. you can see the models on precipitation.

a quarter of an inch. as far as the forecast goes in the north if you light showers around here nothing that will amount to too much. temperatures around 30 to 32 degrees. in the southern counties a brief shower and lows around 33 . 34 eight amana and 35 in washington. temperatures tomorrow under cloudy skies and should be in the upper 30s. places around 40 or 45. your extended forecast has a dry day on saturday and hopefully the sunshine will be in. rain moves in late sunday afternoon and should stick around until monday morning. you can see the temperatures get lower back wednesday. >> coming up next we asked people what their most thankful

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while we celebrate thanksgiving with loved ones -- we asked visitors and lawmakers in our nation's capitol what they're thankful for. >> while we are celebrating thanksgiving with loved ones we asked visitors and lawmakers in the initial capital what they are thankful for. >> i am thankful to be an

anniversary trip. >> unthankful if i would know where the visitors entrance was. >> thankful for my wife. i think she's great. >> and they call the election is over. >> bechtel for the cubs winning . >> most capable minds in the world history is here in america. i'm than that i am an american. >> the cyclones escaped round one. don't miss the highlights next coming up on cbs 2 news

commerce outshining brick-and- mortars, black friday remains one of the busiest days for foot traffic at the mallmore than half of all adult americans, 137.4 million to be precise, are planning to black friday remains when the big -- busiest days. within half american adults are planning to shop during the holiday weekend. that's a 1% increase from last year. >> black friday is going to be very busy. we're seeing 74% of consumers going to shop on black friday. >> shoppers have their wallets ready. >> 76% of younger consumers have holiday shopping plans this weekend. the majority partaking in retail therapy on black friday. >> last year's shoppers spent $952 on average. this year's forecast is $935. >> millennial's are less afraid to self gift.

to for me. >> are people really shopping all weekend? >> 21% plan to shop on thanks giving day. 47% on saturday, 24% on sunday and 36% on cyber monday. >> black friday is part of the american tradition and going out shopping with friends and family and enjoying the best offer is something you can only experience in the u.s. experience in the u.s. >> cold medicines' wearing off. that stuff only lasts a few hours. or, take mucinex. one pill fights congestion for 12 hours. guess i won't be seeing you for a while. why take medicines that only last 4 hours, when just one mucinex lasts 12 hours?

my cold medicines' wearing off. that stuff only lasts a few hours. or, take mucinex. one pill fights congestion for 12 hours. guess i won't be seeing you for a while. why take medicines when just one mucinex lasts 12 hours? let's end this.

and now cbs 2 sports with pat moroney. >> for three games iowa state has shown they can score in bunches and entertained while you they do it. what they have not shown is how they han the question will be answered over thanksgiving weekend. round one the cyclones up against indiana state. first have to close get a lift from darrell bowie. but we had 13 out of 11. late in the game down to. -- two. matt thomas in the corner and this is what you

had three bounces and. iowa state escapes 73-71. they will play miami tomorrow at 10 am. >> there is a trophy involved but that alone does not make it a rivalry. what does year's end years of nail biters and most of all hatred. i will and nebraska don't hate each other get but this sears gets bigger and better every year. 12 months ago the hawks won in lincoln to claim a big ten west this year i what is aiming for a strong november finish and whoever stands in the way is the enemy. >> that's what fuels the fire. we have guys that like to run a lot. we cannot wait to go out and play football. both teams are going to compete. you know you want to go out

to back. two straight football championships for the rebels. the man with the headset does not want any credit. he does deserve some anyway. meet john olson our ed thomas coach of the week expect after 11 years of coaching football john olson knows the x's and o's. >> he is a genius. he knows where to put us every time. >> he has a great understanding on what goes on in the game and he calls out stuff that i can't see. >> he is football smart. >> he is also people smart. >> i try to think like them. when they are 15 years old i don't know if football is the most important thing to them. during those two hours we game of football - and he

an easy way to connect with him he always is just like interactive with us - he asks us how we're doing - how our life's going - how our classes are goingit all comes back to one core value he's all about preaching about doing the right thing on and off the field do the right thing /// kinda gets old hat to say it all the time but when it comes down to it if you're doing the right thing - you're gonna get the results that you want and one head coach - demonstrating the values that lead to wins fieldhe'd be a really good guy to look up to - and want to be like him - he does a lot of the right things i just love coaching kids - and being around kids - and hopefully making an influence on them that's a check of sports.we'll

>> right to the center of our viewing area we have a few rain and snow showers showing up. these are very light. these showers will move quickly east of us. tomorrow morning we have dry conditions to start the day. i think a lot of clouds tomorrow and high temperatures in the upper 30s in the north to the lower 40s in the south. >> happy thanksgiving from our family to yours. we hope you had enough turkey and enough stuffing to go around. have a great thanksgiving.

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