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

St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue responded to a suspicious blaze tonight at 1703 43rd St. S., and an arson dog has been called to the scene. ...more

February 6, 2009

A fire blamed on overloaded electric circuits did about $150,000 in damage to a sushi restaurant on Dale Mabry Highway this morning. ...more

January 25, 2009

Food left cooking on a stove caused a fire late Saturday night in an apartment building on Manhattan Avenue. ...more

January 25, 2009

A faulty electrical outlet caused a fire that heavily damaged a St. Petersburg home early this morning, investigators say. ...more

January 23, 2009

Standing outside their burned-out house wearing clothes donated by the Emergency Care Help Organization, Larry Bunkley and Tina Henderson wondered what the future will hold. ...more

January 14, 2009

Ellen Oris called to her husband, Anais, when she saw the fire at Anthony Stephens's tiny white house, across Strong Avenue from her own. ...more

January 10, 2009

A hot air balloon crashed into power lines and burst into flames Friday during Albuquerque's annual balloon fiesta, throwing both men on board to the ground and killing one of them. Witnesses said that many of the balloons were flying low right before the Wings of Wind balloon crashed in Bernalillo, just north of Albuquerque. ...more

October 10, 2008

Mother Nature must be a fan of the U.S. space program, judging from her benevolence in pushing aside bad weather long enough for seven astronauts to roar into orbit. ...more

February 7, 2008

Workers looked with shock at the charred ruins of Richard N. Long's medical practice early Wednesday morning, hours after a fire gutted the longtime gynecologist's office. ...more

November 29, 2007