Forestry workers will return today to the scene of a brush fire in Ruskin that possibly consumed up to 100 acres to make sure no hot spots are smoldering and to dig new fire lines if necessary. ...more

March 16, 2009

Killing freezes, a stubborn lack of rain and the usual dry winter air have united to turn most of the state's vegetation into tinder. ...more

February 12, 2009

Killing freezes, a stubborn lack of rain and the usual dry winter air have united to turn most of the state's vegetation into tinder. ...more

February 11, 2009

Fire crews are on the scene of a mobile home fire in Clearwater. Thomas Karns, a 42-year-old man who was having trouble breathing, has been taken to Morton Plant Hospital. ...more

December 11, 2008

Tampa Fire Rescue quickly put out two fires overnight, one at a business and the other at a home. No one was injured in either blaze. ...more

July 26, 2008

Pinellas County firefighters will head to Brevard County today to battle brush fires that have burned hundreds of acres and threatened hundreds of homes. ...more

May 12, 2008

SEBRING — Investigators with the State Fire Marshal's Office arrested a Sebring man Thursday, charging him with lighting two fires in downtown Sebring in the early hours of Thursday morning. Jason Brandon Wagner, 27, of 265 Pomegranate Ave., Lot 10, Sebring, was charged with two counts each of arson and trespassing. ...more

May 8, 2008

SEBRING — After two fires within three weeks at Park Place Truss, the State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating for arson. ...more

February 12, 2008

AVON PARK — The sales office for Water's Edge at Lake Anoka was heavily damaged early Sunday, and the State Fire Marshall declared it the second arson in three days for the Avon Park area. The fire at 1200 S. Florida Avenue comes two days after a Friday morning blaze that struck the New Life Ministries at 25 S. Verona Ave. ...more

December 30, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - The arsonist who struck western St. Petersburg early Monday apparently was back at work Monday night, police said. Someone set a 1985 Buick Regal on fire in an alley behind 4632 1/2 Central Avenue about 11:30 p.m. The owner, 25-year-old George R. Flummer, told police he woke up when a smoke detector in his apartment sounded. When he looked out a window, he saw his car burning. ...more

November 13, 2007