Three Tampa families are displaced after a mechanic shop and scrapyard facility fire sparked in the 3900 block of West Osborne Avenue, according to firefighters. Tampa Fire Rescue said they responded to the fire just after 6:15 p.m. on Monday after receiving multiple 911 callers reporting seeing heavy smoke in the area. Once they arrived, crews said they found a large covered exterior section of the scrapyard with heavy flames rapidly spreading to a nearby six-unit apartment building adjacent to the property. Firefighters started battling the blaze and working to extinguish it before it advanced into the apartment building, according to officials. Firefighters did say that all the apartment residents safely evacuated the building.ย
