A 6-year-old child playing with matches sparked a fire that substantially damaged a home this morning, investigators said. ...more

July 2, 2009

The Orange County Sheriff's Office says a 21-year-old Orlando hotel employee drowned in the facility's pool. ...more

June 27, 2009

Firefighters were able to extinguish a house and truck fire on Robin Court before it spread to neighboring houses. ...more

June 23, 2009

Hillsborough County fire inspectors are looking into a fire late Saturday night that destroyed a vacant house in Gibsonton. ...more

June 21, 2009

A fire this evening at a two-story house at 23rd Street and 15th Avenue in Ybor City was contained and the blaze was kept from spreading to neighboring houses. ...more

June 14, 2009

A driver killed this morning after his SUV hit a guardrail after exiting Interstate 275 has been identified by St. Petersburg police as 17-year-old Travis Kyle Martin of Tampa. ...more

June 5, 2009

Firefighters say a fire they extinguished this morning at a vacant Sulphur Springs house was intentionally set. ...more

June 4, 2009

One person was burned and the family dog died in a house fire early this morning in St. Petersburg, authorities said. Firefighters responded to the 1:50 a.m. call at 2830 Seventh St. S. and found the one-story, two-bedroom wood-frame house spewing smoke and flames. ...more

June 4, 2009

A driver was pulled from a burning car this morning after the vehicle went off the Veterans Expressway and crashed into a tree, according to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue. ...more

June 2, 2009

An afternoon fire seriously injured a resident of a St. Petersburg mobile home park. She later died. ...more

May 31, 2009