CALIFORNIA - A fire at Universal Studios has destroyed a set from "Back to the Future," the King Kong exhibit and a video vault containing more than 40,000 videos and reels. ...more

June 1, 2008

A popular burger chain restaurant is hosting a charity fundraiser on Monday to benefit the family of a Carrollwood teenager who died in a house fire. ...more

May 31, 2008

The battle continues. The seemingly small issue over who provides emergency medical services at Raymond James Stadium has turned into a seemingly endless war between city and county officials, complete with dueling ordinances and threats of going to court. ...more

May 21, 2008

POLK CITY - A small brush fire is burning near the Ringling Bros. elephant breeding facility in Polk City. ...more

May 20, 2008

A minor fire at the Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport has been contained, firefighters said. ...more

February 20, 2008

LAKE PLACID — About 400 acres of brushy, forested land burned Monday and Tuesday, but no houses, no barns, no businesses were damaged. Exactly how does that happen, when hundreds of structures are threatened? ...more

February 14, 2008

LAKE PLACID — As firefighters battled flames Monday and Tuesday, they kept talking about defensible space. That's a minimum 30-foot no-vegetation zone around houses, barns, outbuildings and other possessions. Two hundred feet is more desirable. ...more

February 14, 2008

Authorities surveyed two condo buildings in the Cocoa Beach area Tuesday after a possible tornado. Spokesman Orlando Dominguez said Brevard County Fire and Rescue started getting calls before 1:30 p.m. of a tornado near Patrick Air Force Base. Tampa escaped severe weather, and today there's a 70 percent chance of rain. ...more

February 13, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Residents lined roads in the Leisure Lakes area watching smoke cloud the sky as the first major brush fire of the year threatened about 100 acres and 80 homes. ...more

February 11, 2008

LAKE PLACID – Residents in between 80 to 90 homes on or near Henscratch Road have been asked to voluntarily evacuate their houses as firefighters from four local fire departments and one state agency battle a 100-acre blaze. ...more

February 11, 2008