California Battles Fire's Wrath LOS ANGELES - Southern Californians weathered a second straight day of devastation Saturday as wind-blasted wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes, shut down major freeways and forced thousands of residents to flee to safety. ...more

November 16, 2008

An early-morning fire in St. Petersburg displaced about 65 people from a three-story apartment building Sunday. ...more

November 10, 2008

About 65 people were displaced from a three-story apartment building in St. Petersburg this morning after a fire erupted in a nearby vacant building, fire officials said. ...more

November 9, 2008

With only 20 days left until the election, emotions are heating up in Spring Hill as voters prepare to cast a big vote on whether to keep their fire department under the rule of the county or make it independent. ...more

October 15, 2008

County attorney assures audience. ...more

October 15, 2008

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

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

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

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