
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Oxalis Garcia’s home in the Shore Acres section of St. Petersburg burned for nearly eight hours and there was nothing firefighters could do because the neighborhood was still flooded Wednesday afternoon. “We are grateful that we heeded the warnings, that we evacuated,” Garcia said. Garcia said she expected flooding from Hurricane Idalia’s storm surge. “What we were not expecting is there to be a fire caused by the storm surge that prevented the firefighters from putting it out,” she said. At about noon Wednesday, she...