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

A 45-year-old man escaped seriously injury Sunday night after the interior of his 1988 Mercedes-Benz 560 SL burst into flames, authorities say. ...more

December 28, 2008

Emergency responders called this afternoon to a possible domestic disturbance upgraded the incident to a structure fire after the woman living at the home called 911 and told dispatchers her boyfriend was trying to set the house ablaze, authorities say. ...more

December 28, 2008

John Wineberger says all he can do is take it one day at a time. He learned that last year, when his son was injured by a falling speaker at BayWalk in St. Petersburg. ...more

December 28, 2008

John Wineberger says all he can do is take one day at a time. ...more

December 27, 2008

A suicidal man on top of the Sunshine Skyway told a St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue lieutenant on Friday it had been his worst Christmas. ...more

December 27, 2008

St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue stopped a man from jumping off the Sunshine Skyway bridge this afternoon, according to the agency. ...more

December 26, 2008

An early morning fire caused heavy damage to a St. Petersburg home today. ...more

December 26, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG Twenty-four mentally challenged people will have to find a new place to stay after a sprinkler system flooded their rooms on Christmas Day ...more

December 25, 2008