PRFD called out to the (old) Dollar Store

The PRFD called for assistance from Fergus Falls and Elizabeth Fire Departments Thursday evening to battle a fire at the Old Dollar Store on South Broadway. It appears the fire may have started in an upstairs apartment. The building is the Old Lee Chevrolet-Pelican Valley Motors-Art Christianson Ford-Larsen's Super Valu-Rick's Super Valu. Prior to the invention of television and video games the basement housed the local roller skating rink.

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(AP) Pelican Rapids, Minn. Fire has destroyed a business in downtown Pelican Rapids, Minn.Crews from several departments spent five hours battling the blaze at the Pelican Dollar Store Thursday night. No one was hurt. The American Red Cross is helping upstairs apartment residents displaced by the fire. Fire Chief Trevor Steeves says the fire apparently started near the loading dock area. An employee had just locked up and left when a passerby spotted the fire.