{"id":337695,"date":"2026-07-12T16:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T16:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/337695\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T16:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T16:10:14","slug":"two-alarm-apartment-fire-displaces-families-in-tampa-hcfr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/337695\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-alarm apartment fire displaces families in Tampa: HCFR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Hillsborough County Fire Rescue (HCFR) crews battled a two-alarm apartment fire Sunday morning in Tampa that displaced multiple families, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Around 9:35 a.m., dispatchers began receiving multiple 911 calls reporting a structure fire at 2705 Quinton Drive, HCFR said.<\/p>\n<p>First-arriving crews found heavy fire and smoke coming through the roof of a two-story apartment building and immediately began an aggressive fire attack. Due to the intensity of the blaze, a second alarm was called to bring additional personnel and equipment to the scene, per the release.<\/p>\n<p>As firefighters worked to contain the fire, crews searched several apartment units to make sure all residents had evacuated safely. Officials said no occupants were found inside the building.<\/p>\n<p>The fire was brought under control within about 25 minutes of the first unit\u2019s arrival. One person was taken to a local hospital in stable condition for evaluation. No firefighters were injured, HCFR said.<\/p>\n<p>The American Red Cross is assisting families displaced by the fire.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the blaze remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JULIE.SALOMONE.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Urgent plea for rare blood donors to help save Florida teen&#8217;s life<\/p>\n<p>Gigi Felix needs very specific donors to help save her life. She has an inherited blood disorder.<\/p>\n<p>Urgent plea for rare blood donors to help save Florida teen&#8217;s life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Hillsborough County Fire Rescue (HCFR) crews battled a two-alarm apartment fire Sunday morning in Tampa&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[138992,2738,14987,276,31864,135,5910,108336,3670,137,136,208],"class_list":["post-337695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-2705-quinton-drive","tag-american-red-cross","tag-apartment-fire","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-hillsborough-county-fire-rescue","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-28","tag-tampa-bay-28-news","tag-tampa-bay-local-news","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-wfts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}