By Shelley Rossetter, Times Staff Writer
Monday, August 30, 2010
TAMPA — Investigators determined that an object left on a hot stove caused the fire that left at least three families without a home Sunday and an apartment building ruined, Tampa Fire Rescue said.
A burner on a stove top at the Brookside Apartments, 8409 Del Rio Way, was left on, Fire Rescue said, which provided a heat source that started the fire.
Damage is estimated to be more than $150,000.