One mother was chased out of her first-floor apartment by flames after her 22-month-old son knocked over a candle Monday night. ...more

December 23, 2009

One mother was chased out of her first-floor apartment by flames after her 22-month-old son knocked over a candle. Within minutes, a mother in the apartment above found herself and her three children trapped as billowing smoke and fire blocked their front-door exit. ...more

December 22, 2009

Todd Stepp remembers an unusual call for help his family-owned towing company received more than a decade ago. ...more

December 13, 2009

Todd Stepp remembers an unusual call for help his family-owned towing company received more than a decade ago. An 1,150-pound Tampa woman needed to get to a hospital, but there was no way she could fit in any ambulance. ...more

December 10, 2009

Authorities say a toddler survived a fall from a fourth-floor apartment in Lauderdale Lakes. ...more

October 16, 2009

Two Tampa police officers were treated at a local hospital Thursday after they rescued two people from a burning apartment, police said. ...more

January 23, 2009

Firefighters doused a blaze at an East Tampa apartment this morning, according to Tampa Fire Rescue. ...more

December 22, 2008

Investigators say a fire that displaced more than 59 people last weekend wasn't deliberately set, but they were unable to determine the cause of the blaze. Forty adults and 19 children were helped by the American Red Cross following the fire at the Windermere Lakes Apartment complex. ...more

December 16, 2008

Places that presidents call home often become major tourist attractions, from estates at Mount Vernon and Monticello, to Hodgenville, Ky., where Abe Lincoln's log cabin once stood, to Bill Clinton's boyhood home in Hope, Ark. ...more

November 23, 2008

TAMPA – Police say one suspect was killed and another is on the run after a shooting at a Tampa apartment complex late Thursday night. ...more

November 7, 2008