Younkers fire

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Younkers fire

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Reminds me a bit of the tragedy of the Butternut fire

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Yeah it looks pretty crazy. Damaged the skywalk and the EMC building across the street.
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Sad day for DSM will leave a lasting scar on the skyline.. :(
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Wow that is incredibly unfortunate.
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I wonder what happened?
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nativeomahan wrote:I wonder what happened?
I hear there was a restaurant in there that wants to remodel... :;):
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Wow, that was a cool looking building.
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Agent to consider ties between Younkers fire, Bob Knapp
The timing between the puzzling death of former Des Moines developer Bob Knapp and the devastating fire at the Younkers building downtown is too coincidental not to investigate, according to a state agent investigating the origin of the fire that consumed the vehicle where Knapp's body was found Sunday.
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