Five people were rescued from a burning boat July 13 by a good Samaritan. See the aerial video SJSO Air United captured of the boat.

Heavy flames and smoke were coming out of a Haines City commercial building early on Tuesday morning, prompting a response from the Haines City Fire Department and Polk County Fire Rescue.

For Black History Month, we celebrate Polk County Fire Rescue Chief Dr. Hezedean Smith, the agency's first Black chief.

There’s something magical about that moment when you’re standing in a sea of treasures, holding some peculiar trinket you never knew existed, yet suddenly can’t imagine living without. That’s the ...

Polk County Fire Rescue responded to a fatal recreational vehicle fire in Lakeland on Saturday.

One person is dead after being trapped inside an RV that caught fire on Saturday morning in Polk County, officials say.

The circumstances surrounding the fire are currently under investigation. The Florida State Fire Marshals Office and the Polk County Sheriff’s Office have taken over the investigation to determine the ...

Bartow, Fla. (May 31, 2025) – Polk County Fire Rescue (PCFR) responded to a recreational vehicle (RV) fire that resulted in a fatality on Combee Road in Lakeland.

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, a unit of FDOT, resumed the project last May, launching an alternative corridor study for the 28-mile eastern segment known as Central Polk Parkway East.

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise considered building an elevated roadway on U.S. Route 27 for the Polk County project in 2018, but concluded it wouldn’t be cost feasible.

FLORIDA — Polk County on Friday issued a burn ban, joining most of the rest of Central Florida. The ban includes campfires, bonfires, yard and trash fires, construction debris, unpermitted ...

Lake County did a background check through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, but there was no criminal history shown, including any arrest.