Back then, fires began in May. In late June, dry lightning sparked more than 80 blazes per day. By early July, fires in remote areas combined into larger fires The 1998 fires forced NASCAR to postpone ...

At the time, it was the largest aerial fire suppression operation in the U.S. A record-breaking number of firefighters — 10,000 — helped battle 2,200 blazes across Florida. In 1998, the fires that ...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of raping and killing his neighbor decades ago was put to death Tuesday evening in a record 15th execution in Florida this year. Norman Mearle Grim Jr., 65, ...