One person was seriously hurt during a flash fire at a Pinellas Park gas station today. The fire started when a tanker truck was being offloaded at a RaceTrac gas station at 12574 66th St. N. ...more

October 30, 2007

TAMPA - Ten volunteers with the Tampa chapter of the American Red Cross will head into the fire zones of California this week to help open shelters and feed evacuees or whatever else is needed in the shadows of the wildfires that are ravaging southern California. ...more

October 24, 2007

TAMPA - The city of Tampa and MacDill Air Force Base on Thursday renewed their agreement to provide mutual aid in the event of a military plane crash or other disaster. ...more

October 18, 2007

LAKE PLACID –– It was about 1:15 p.m. when Adam Hess sat down for an interview. He got out two sentences when tones on his two-way radio sounded. A car had veered off Catfish Creek Road and wound up in low, scrub trees. A hot catalytic converter set the grass on fire. "This always happens," he said, shaking his head in an apology. "I've got to go." Hess and a crew took off in the brush truck and an engine. ...more

September 17, 2007

A plane carrying foreign tourists crashed Sunday as it tried to land in stormy weather on the resort island of Phuket, engulfing some passengers in flames while others kicked out windows to escape the smoke-filled cabin. At least 88 people were killed. ...more

September 17, 2007