A woman and her four children were displaced from their home in Brooksville after a more than 30 year old lighting fixture started a fire in her daughter's bedroom. ...more

December 1, 2009

A 46-year-old Land O' Lakes man has been accused of setting his own house on fire. Pasco County sheriff's deputies say David Wayne Cox, of 4151 Gerry Lane, used a cigarette lighter Saturday to intentionally spark fires on the first and second floors of his home. ...more

November 30, 2009

Hannelore Hoffmen could see the chaos and hear it outside of her neighbor's home Sunday night: the smoke, the crackling of the fire, the confusion from those who had been inside and the screams. ...more

November 17, 2009

A man is in critical condition after firefighters found him unconscious on the floor of a burning house this morning. ...more

November 1, 2009

Authorities are investigating the cause of a Pinellas Park house fire that sent heavy black smoke and flames into the air early this morning. The fire started about 3 a.m. at 6698 69th Ave. N. It took firefighters about 15 minutes to get the fire under control, district Fire Chief Guy Keirn said. ...more

October 16, 2009

This is in response to a letter to the editor "Be Prepared" which appeared in the Sept. 11 issue. This letter left me heart sickened and reminded me that hatred and animosity continue to fester. ...more

September 18, 2009

Authorities say fire was seen on a JetBlue flight from Orlando after landing safely in the Bahamas. ...more

September 3, 2009

A 7-month-old baby was burned when his father accidentally spilled cooking oil on him late Wednesday night. ...more

September 3, 2009

Law enforcement and fire officials think an attempt to hot wire and steal a truck led to an early-morning fire Monday in the 4000 block of Mondale Avenue. ...more

August 11, 2009

A fire that raged through an apartment complex building this morning was arson, investigators said, the second in less than a month at Waterman's Crossing. ...more

August 3, 2009