TAMPA Hillsborough County firefighters were busy this morning, first responding to what had been reported as a hot-air-balloon collision in Lutz that turned out to be nothing and then to alarms in northwest and north Hillsborough County on unrelated calls. Firefighters did find smoke coming out of a duplex at 5910 Mar Jo Drive in North Tampa this morning. They determined that the smoke was coming from a burning pot on the stove. The resident, whose name was not released, was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. ...more

November 28, 2008

The Tampa Fire Marshal has identified the woman injured in a house fire earlier today at 1915 E. 18th Ave. She is Francis Baker, 85, and she is still being treated at Tampa General Hospital for severe smoke inhalation. ...more

November 27, 2008

This has been a hellish vacation for Larry and Diana Moyer of Beaver Dam, Wis., who along with their kangaroo and crippled goat have faced fire, illness and no-marsupial rules in the course of their holiday. ...more

November 18, 2008

An 18-year-old man faces arson charges after setting his kitchen on fire with lighter fluid, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

November 7, 2008

About two months after James Patrick Fry's body was found in his burned sport utility vehicle, an anonymous donor has contributed the necessary funds for Fry to be cremated. ...more

October 27, 2008

Stephanie Fry keeps dreaming about her dead father. ...more

October 22, 2008

James Patrick Fry, whose body was found in August in his burned sport utility vehicle, died as a result of a homicide, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said today. ...more

October 15, 2008

A lieutenant with St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue suffered second-degree burns to his neck Monday night when he and his crew fought a house fire at 22nd Avenue South. ...more

September 9, 2008

A lieutenant with St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue suffered second-degree burns to his neck tonight when he and his crew fought a house fire at 22nd Avenue South. ...more

September 8, 2008

A 75-year-old man died in a fire at his Gulfport home this morning. ...more

July 28, 2008