TAMPA – A woman in her mobile home got a huge surprise this morning when she heard a crash, looked out her window and saw a Ford Expedition headed straight at her. Two sport utility vehicles collided at the intersection of Waters Avenue and Ashley Street at 11:45 a.m., Tampa Fire Rescue workers said. ...more

January 16, 2009

Investigators brought in a giant crane and a barge Friday to help pull a US Airways jetliner from the Hudson River, and survivors among the 155 people aboard recounted tales of horror and hailed the pilot as a hero who delivered them from certain death. ...more

January 16, 2009

Nicole Luker awoke Thursday morning to a house full of smoke. She hastily grabbed her 8-year-old daughter and two dogs, then did a quick room search to make sure her 12-year-old son had left for school. With the smoke growing thicker by the minute, Luker stepped outside into the frigid morning. ...more

January 16, 2009

Walter Farley was 93, but friends describe him as active and involved in the community. "He was really sharp. Nothing got past him," remembers Pastor Jeff Smith. ...more

January 3, 2009

A person moving into a house had left items on a stove that were ignited this morning after Progress Energy Corp. turned on the property's power, causing a fire, St. Petersburg fire officials said. The house, at 2532 Fourth Ave. S., was unoccupied at the time of the 10:20 a.m. blaze, Lt. Joel Granata of St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue said. ...more

January 2, 2009

A fisherman who had loaded too much mullet in his vessel and had run out of gas needed to be rescued Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, St. Petersburg fire officials said. ...more

January 2, 2009

Fire crews were called out to a fire early today at J.L. Young Apartments, 8220 N Florida Ave., Tampa Fire Rescue said. ...more

December 25, 2008

Three small mixed-breed dogs instead of a smoke alarm awoke a Tampa man during a house fire today, fire officials said. ...more

December 20, 2008

TAMPA -- Tampa fire inspectors plan to visit Without Walls International Church this afternoon to ensure fire alarms and sprinklers work properly in its sanctuary and administrative building, said Tampa Fire Rescue Capt. Bill Wade. The city's code enforcement board gave the church until today to inspect the sprinklers and alarms and make roughly 20 repairs to the two buildings. ...more

December 17, 2008

A mother and her four children escaped unharmed this morning from a house fire started by one of the youngsters, fire officials said. ...more

December 13, 2008