The cause of a fire in one of the buildings at Brittany Bay apartments this morning likely won't be discovered because there was too much damage, fire officials say ...more

October 13, 2008

A Sarasota woman and her dog died in a house fire Friday night that likely started because the family did not have power and was using candles to see, authorities said. ...more

October 12, 2008

Curtistine Wilson, a 30-year-old single mother, remembers the day in August when she came home and found the house on fire. ...more

October 4, 2008

Fire officials notified the state Fire Marshal's Office when an empty rental home caught fire Friday morning at 419-B. S. Pine St., in downtown Sebring. ...more

October 4, 2008

A 47-year-old man slipped on some sardines this morning while fishing from the Sunshine Skyway's south fishing pier and fell into Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg fire officials say. ...more

October 1, 2008

About 1,000 residents and various businesses - including the Lakeland Center - are without power after a pair of underground explosions raised manhole covers and knocked out traffic lights in downtown Lakeland, officials said today. ...more

September 29, 2008

A Verizon crew working outside a home this afternoon accidentally struck a power line, causing a power surge that started a fire in the home's attic, fire officials said. ...more

September 26, 2008

An elderly couple escaped a house fire after their small poodle woke them up Saturday morning to go outside. ...more

September 21, 2008

An elderly couple escaped a small house fire after their small poodle woke them up this morning to go outside. ...more

September 20, 2008

Firefighters had to lift a vehicle Tuesday morning to rescue a driver after a two-car wreck, fire officials said. ...more

September 17, 2008