WINTER HAVEN - A hazardous materials team is working to contain a chemical spill on U.S. 27 after a semi-trailer tanker leaked pesticide into a nearby ditch, Polk County Fire Rescue officials said. ...more

June 30, 2008

CLEARWATER - Four people and a cat escaped injury when a fire started this afternoon at a two-story house, Clearwater Fire & Rescue officials said. ...more

June 29, 2008

BOYETTE - Local and state firefighters continued today to monitor a brush fire near the Alafia River Park that had burned about 500 acres since Saturday night. ...more

June 29, 2008

As cash-strapped governments and community organizations cinch their belts in this struggling economy, fireworks displays are among the offerings falling by the wayside. And as expensive displays dwindle or disappear, more and more backyard pyromaniacs will be putting on their own shows, authorities say. ...more

June 27, 2008

TAMPA - As cash-strapped governments and community organizations cinch their belts in this struggling economy, fireworks displays are among the offerings falling by the wayside. And as expensive displays dwindle or disappear, more and more backyard pyromaniacs will be putting on their own shows, authorities say. ...more

June 26, 2008

TAMPA - Two construction workers in separate cherry-picker buckets were shocked this morning when one of the men touched an umbrella to an overhead power line, authorities said. ...more

June 23, 2008

Strong thunderstorms that swept through large swaths of the Tampa Bay area Saturday swamped Tampa Fire Rescue dispatchers with weather-related calls for 3 1/2 hours. ...more

June 22, 2008

Strong thunderstorms that swept through large swaths of the Tampa Bay area swamped Tampa fire rescue dispatchers with weather-related calls for service within 3 1/2 hours. ...more

June 21, 2008

ODESSA - Two dogs and two cats perished tonight in a fire that consumed a house in a rural area near Pine Valley Drive, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue officials said. ...more

June 17, 2008

PLANT CITY - Firefighters are battling a blaze tonight that has completely engulfed a barn and consumed several large bales of hay, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue officials said. ...more

June 11, 2008