TAMPA - Firefighters have extinguished a blaze that damaged a home in the 1500 block of East Palifox Street, Tampa Fire Rescue officials said. ...more

July 2, 2008

A wood-frame house that burned last week would have been a century old if it could have stood another three or four years. ...more

June 14, 2008

A 10-year-old girl was critically burned in a house fire early this morning, said public safety spokeswoman Elizabeth Daly-Watts. ...more

February 23, 2008

Marjorie Kinnan's Rawlings' old typewriter still sits on a table on her screened-in porch, and her wood-frame house looks much like it did when she died 55 years ago. ...more

February 22, 2008

TAMPA - Firefighters rescued two dogs from a burning house Saturday morning at 1004 E Emma St., Capt. Bill Wade said. About 8:40 a.m., crews arrived to find a single story wood frame house on fire. They gained control of the fire in less than 30 minutes, and no one was hurt, Wade said. Two dogs were inside the house alone, he said. Neither was seriously injured, but staff members from Hillsborough County Animal Services were called to the scene to treat the dogs. The cause of the blaze remains under investigation, Wade said. The house is moderately damaged. Officials have not yet been able to contact the homeowner, whom county property records identify as Mable Letchworth. An estimated 23 firefighters were on scene from fire stations in Robles Park, East Tampa, Jackson Heights and Ybor City. ...more

November 24, 2007

The neat gray structure on U.S. 41 no longer houses a family, but it does have all the charms of home. ...more

November 22, 2007

For years, Peter Meinke had been stopping in to shop at Haslam's Book Store. One day, a high-powered New York editor overheard the owners' son, who clerks at the store, say Peter Meinke was due in. ...more

October 12, 2007

The demolition crew showed up at first light on the second day of August. Within hours, the old frame house that stood at Thomas and Drane streets was little more than a pile of debris. ...more

October 6, 2007

The demolition crew showed up at first light on the second day of August. Within hours, the old frame house that stood at Thomas and Drane streets was little more than a pile of debris waiting to be hauled off in a big red truck. ...more

September 20, 2007