People with respiratory problems are urged to stay indoors because of smoky conditions caused by multiple wildfires burning in eastern and central Florida and two brush fires in Hernando County. ...more

May 14, 2009

Florida Highway Patrol officials announced that a 78-mile stretch of Allligator Alley previously closed because of a brush fire is now open. ...more

April 25, 2009

One home was destroyed and three others have been damaged in a large brush fire north of Lake Wales, where 200 homes are being evacuated. ...more

March 29, 2009

With Highlands County rated among the driest counties in the state, the county commissioners met Tuesday in emergency session and extended the countywide burn ban for another seven days. ...more

March 25, 2009

Smoke shut down 10 miles of Interstate 75 in Sarasota County for six hours Saturday night into Sunday morning as a brush fire tore across more than 700 acres. ...more

March 23, 2009

Firefighters have managed to secure an area in eastern Hernando County where a 600-acre brush fire threatened at least 50 homes. ...more

March 22, 2009

Firefighters continued to battle brush fires around the Tampa Bay area Sunday, while others have been contained. ...more

March 22, 2009

Forestry workers will return today to the scene of a brush fire in Ruskin that possibly consumed up to 100 acres to make sure no hot spots are smoldering and to dig new fire lines if necessary. ...more

March 16, 2009

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