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Fire and ice

And you thought you were cold!

Chicago firefighters spent hours fighting a massive warehouse blaze Tuesday night amid single-digit temps that turned the scene into an eerie icescape.

But the Windy City has been a postive sauna compared to other towns in the arctic-blasted Midwest.

The National Weather Service said it was 29 below zero Sunday at Babbitt, Minn.; 35 below at Crane Lake, Minn., Tuesday; and 36 below at red-nosed, red-cheeked, red-faced Embarrass, Minn., on Monday.

When they say it’s “too cold to snow,” don’t believe them. A dusting of 1 to 2 inches is expected when snow showers develop tomorrow afternoon and continue into the evening.

Before that we’ll get more struggling sunshine today, with temperatures peaking at 21 degrees — but icy winds feeling like only 2 degrees. Tonight’s low temperature will be about 13, forecasters said.

Tomorrow’s temps should be more of the same, with a high around 22 degrees.

The weekend will be warmer, but just a bit. Saturday’s high is expected to be 24 and Sunday’s will be 27.

Don’t expect relief until next week. Forecasters say temps will finally go above freezing and hit 36 on Monday, 40 on Tuesday and a positively balmy 48 on Wednesday.