What Rodel Laborte could not forget was the screaming of fellow passengers. ...more

June 25, 2008

The Red Cross is helping a family with five children find a new place to live after their home went up in flames this morning. The fire started about 9 a.m. at 4035 Johnson Road in Mulberry, Polk County public safety spokeswoman Kristin Guira said. ...more

June 20, 2008

PLANT CITY A predawn fire destroyed a three-unit apartment building outside Plant City, forcing one resident to escape through a second-story window, authorities said. Emergency units from three agencies in two counties responded to today's 4 a.m. alarm at 800 Sundial Loop, off Paul Buchman Highway, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue spokesman Ray Yeakley said. ...more

May 29, 2008

TAMPA - Two houses in the Northdale area were ablaze this afternoon, but firefighters extinguished the flames within about 45 minutes, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue officials said. ...more

May 12, 2008

The rulers of cyclone-devastated Myanmar continued to hamper international relief efforts Friday by insisting that supplies were welcome, but foreign aid workers were not. The junta seized two U.N. planes filled with food, saying only the government could distribute supplies. Most aid agencies said they would reject that condition. ...more

May 10, 2008

WINTER HAVEN – A dryer fire forced five people out of a home at 1309 37th St., near the Jan Phyl community. ...more

May 6, 2008

Even when everything goes right on Karlo Felix's job, the day is still hairy. If the GPS coordinates are correct, and his 200-mph flight to the scene is safe, and he finds the right spot to land his Black Hawk, and he touches down evenly and without stirring a brownout of dust, and the medics find the wounded soldiers and carry them back, and he lifts off in time to save the fighters' lives - it has gone as well as it can go. ...more

February 22, 2008

TAMPA – The Red Cross is helping seven renters whose apartments are uninhabitable after a fire this morning. ...more

January 28, 2008

Home fires on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day brought to 11 the number of fires that have forced families from their homes in Polk County since Dec. 22, the Red Cross reported. ...more

January 3, 2008

LAKELAND - Home fires on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day brought to 11 the number of fires to force families from their homes in Polk County since Dec. 22, the Red Cross reported. ...more

January 2, 2008