Tampa Fire Rescue crews are searching a home in the Sulphur Springs area to make sure nobody is trapped after a house fire. ...more

December 31, 2008

The person who jumped off a second-story balcony to escape a fire Tuesday night has been identified as Gerald Parks, 60, Clearwater public safety officials said this morning. Parks had already leapt off the balcony when firefighters arrived at the two-alarm blaze at a condominium building at 171 Marina Del Ray Court at about 11:30 p.m. ...more

December 31, 2008

Taryn Lavender has a new hero: her 5-year-old son, Morgan. The Sebring resident credits her youngster with alerting her and her husband, Dirk, to a fire that broke out in their Magnolia Avenue home Sunday morning around 7:45. The family was able to get out of the house. ...more

December 30, 2008

A suspicious fire caused $120,000 damage to a Tampa home where the renters had just moved out, investigators say. Tampa Fire Rescue crews found smoke and flames pouring from the two-story home at 811 E. Curtis St. about 4:42 a.m. today. It took about 25 minutes to get the fire under control. Nobody was in the home, and no injuries were reported, officials said. ...more

December 29, 2008

A 45-year-old man escaped seriously injury Sunday night after the interior of his 1988 Mercedes-Benz 560 SL burst into flames, authorities say. ...more

December 28, 2008

An early morning fire caused heavy damage to a St. Petersburg home today. ...more

December 26, 2008

Firefighters doused a blaze at an East Tampa apartment this morning, according to Tampa Fire Rescue. ...more

December 22, 2008

She was a beautiful, round-faced girl with large, coal-black eyes and an instant smile. Two years later, the 3-year-old is blind and scarred, her mother is dead and her father's new wife can't cope with caring for her. ...more

December 21, 2008

A family of five and a menagerie of pets that ranged from mammals to reptiles escaped a kitchen fire today that did $10,000 damage, authorities say. ...more

December 17, 2008

About a dozen residents of an apartment complex watched as St. Petersburg firefighters battled a small blaze at the Brandywine Apartment complex near the Tyrone Square Mall just before 1 a.m. today. The fire started in a laundry room on the first floor at 6367 16th Terrace N. ...more

December 17, 2008