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Polk County Homes Evacuated As 200-Acre Fire Threatens
One home was destroyed and three others have been damaged in a large brush fire north of Lake Wales, where 200 homes are being evacuated. ...more
March 29, 2009
Smoky Conditions Could Continue Through Week
The fire was reported around noon Sunday in the Withlacoochee State Forest, near the Richloam Clay Sink area. ...more
March 23, 2009
Firefighters Protect Homes From 600-Acre Hernando Blaze
Firefighters have managed to secure an area in eastern Hernando County where a 600-acre brush fire threatened at least 50 homes. ...more
March 22, 2009
Wildfires Prompt Pasco Burn Ban
After a Hudson-area brush fire Monday night, the Pasco County Commission enacted an emergency "burn ban" this afternoon. ...more
February 24, 2009
Fires Erupt In Pasco County
Firefighters had a 50-acre brush fire west of Hudson about 90 percent contained Monday evening, and homes in the path of the blaze appeared safe, state forestry officials say. ...more
February 24, 2009
Firefighters Bringing Hudson Brush Fire Under Control
Firefighters have a 50-acre brush fire west of Hudson about 90 percent contained, and homes in the path of the blaze appear safe, state forestry officials say. ...more
February 23, 2009
Pasco's Fay Expenses Estimated At $60,000
Even though Tropical Storm Fay veered away from Pasco County – twice – last week, the storm still cost the county about $60,000 in expenses, county commissioners learned today. No property damage has been reported to the county, James Martin, Pasco's director of emergency management, told commissioners at their meeting this morning. ...more
August 27, 2008
Pasco County Offices, Schools Closed
With Tropical Storm Fay veering east, Pasco County early this morning canceled voluntary evacuation by residents in flood-prone areas and suspended shelter operations. Around 9:15 a.m. the county e-mailed its final advisory on Fay. ...more
August 19, 2008
Everglades City: Nothing Like Wilma
With driving rain and buffeting 50- to 60-mph winds, Tropical Storm Fay swept over Southwest Florida this morning. It set its sights on Emerald City, a tiny fishing hamlet that shrugged off the weather today, saying it has been worse. ...more
August 19, 2008
Gas Leak That Spurred Evacuation Repaired
TAMPA - Police are evacuating an area within a two-block radius of East 11th Avenue and North 33rd Street because a Verizon crew hit a gas main while working. ...more
June 26, 2008
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