Brush fires in Ruskin and Haines City kept Tampa Bay area firefighters busy on Sunday. A blaze in Ruskin that grew to 150 acres was contained by 10 p.m., Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Capt. Bruce Delk said. ...more

March 16, 2009

A 20-year-old woman is accused of punching a pregnant woman and slashing her face and arms with a box cutter. ...more

March 16, 2009

How close did Lakeshore Mall and the Lake Jackson post office come to burning down Saturday afternoon? ...more

March 16, 2009

A wildfire endangered buildings where fireworks are stored, then jumped Flare Road and headed north and west across a vacant field toward Lakeshore Mall and the post office on Saturday afternoon. Lakeshore Mall was evacuated, but reopened Saturday night, and expected to be open Sunday. ...more

March 15, 2009

A 2-acre brush fire broke out behind the Museum of Science and Industry this afternoon, but firefighters worked quickly to ensure the blaze didn't disrupt the Renaissance Festival under way there, Tampa fire officials said. ...more

March 14, 2009

The West Sebring Volunteer Fire Department has not just been busy, it's been very busy. ...more

March 11, 2009

A woman was treated for smoke inhalation this afternoon after flames erupted in the West Kathleen Street home she shares with her son, authorities say. ...more

March 10, 2009

Fog is affecting visibility along the Interstate 4 corridor as well as in Lakeland and between Plant City and downtown Tampa, News Channel 8 meteorologist Jennifer Hill said. However, lingering smoke from a brush fire was affecting drivers on I-4 and Old Polk City Road earlier this morning but had dissipated by 6 a.m., TBO.com traffic reporter Alicia Roberts said. ...more

March 10, 2009

Pasco County firefighters say they have contained a multi-acre brush fire near the Seven Oaks subdivision off State Road 54 and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. ...more

March 7, 2009

A Frostproof fire is now 100 percent contained but has done plenty of damage. ...more

March 3, 2009