Crashes, fires and the responses to them.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Firefighters battled a residential structure fire Friday night after a tree fell onto a home during Hurricane Isaias, according to the Tallahassee Fire Department. The fire was reported around 9:35 p.m. on Cavalcade Trail. When crews arrived, they…
Hurricane Isaias delivered a grazing but still powerful blow to the Big Bend, knocking out power to tens of thousands of customers - including the Franklin County jail, where a backup generator failed - and flooding some coastal and low-lying areas. Isaias,…
Three days after an underground electrical fire set off explosions that blew out manhole covers and ripped up the roadway on Monroe Street, the city issued a fuller explanation of what happened in an evening email to commissioners Friday. Tony…
The city of Tallahassee and Leon County are bracing for impacts and potential flooding from a likely Hurricane Isaias and opening sandbag sites. "The Tallahassee area is currently forecast to receive 3 to 5 inches of rain over Saturday and Sunday, with…
The underground electrical fires that blasted roads and brought Tallahassee downtown life to a halt are also causing widespread impacts throughout county government. Here is the latest update from county officials. An underground electrical fire near the Augustus D. Aikens, Jr.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - The Tallahassee Police Department is investigating a fatal crash Tuesday evening. According to TPD, the single vehicle crash occurred in the 2300 block of Lake Bradford Road around 4 p.m. TPD said the driver, an adult man, died as a…
An underground power cable failed on the afternoon of Sept. 16, causing Tallahassee's latest major power outage that left downtown and surrounding areas in the dark on a perfect weather day. Mike Crow, Tallahassee's assistant general manager of power delivery, told…