The Brief
- A Tampa father says a fire that sparked in the middle of the night robbed his family of everything they owned.
- Tampa Fire responded to a house fire on Idlewild Ave. around 5 a.m. on Thursday.
- Their dog died in the fire, and grandma’s ashes are still missing.
TAMPA – A Tampa father says a fire that sparked in the middle of the night robbed his family of everything they owned.
“I lost everything, everything I owned was in this home,” said Brian Rhodes, walking through the charred frame of his house.
Rhodes and his five-year-old son weren’t home when the flames tore through.
“I got a call about 6 am,” he said.…