Members of the Highlands County Sheriff's Office and West Sebring Fire Department extinguished a brush fire south of the Lakeshore Mall Kmart that rekindled Tuesday morning. ...more

March 25, 2009

Smoke from Saturday's brush fire that endangered Lakeshore Mall and the nearby post office was still visible Monday morning and probably will be for several weeks. ...more

March 17, 2009

How close did Lakeshore Mall and the Lake Jackson post office come to burning down Saturday afternoon? ...more

March 16, 2009

The smell of smoke is overpowering in some parts of the Tampa Bay area this morning. Three brush fires that burned a total of more than 1,000 acres Thursday in Polk County are under control, but firefighters are monitoring them for hot spots, authorities say. They say any change in wind conditions could cause the flames to flare up again. ...more

February 27, 2009

Firefighters in three counties are battling at least six brush fires that sparked today in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

February 26, 2009

A brush fire that tore through 187 acres of east Pasco County on Tuesday was contained, according to Pasco Fire Rescue. ...more

November 20, 2008

A brush fire that tore through 187 acres of east Pasco County on Tuesday has been contained, according to Pasco Fire Rescue. ...more

November 19, 2008

Tampa Fire Rescue will build the city's first "green" fire station on Cross Creek Boulevard in New Tampa. ...more

August 6, 2008

Tampa Fire Rescue will build the city's first "green" fire station on Cross Creek Boulevard in New Tampa. ...more

July 31, 2008

TAMPA - Firefighters took about 40 minutes tonight to extinguish a blaze the size of a football field in a wooded area in New Tampa, officials said. ...more

May 6, 2008