TKOF ABORTED. LOSS OF ACFT CTL.

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WE WERE TO DEPART ON RWY 18R AND WERE CLRED FOR TKOF. ON TKOF ROLL; PRIOR TO REACHING V1; ACFT BEGAN TO SWERVE AND I COMMENCED WITH ABORT IMMEDIATELY; MOST CERTAINLY BEING UNAWARE OF REASON FOR DIFFICULTY IN MAINTAINING DIRECTIONAL CTL. AFTER WE COMPLETED ABORT; I HAD COPLT LOOK OUTSIDE TO ASSESS DAMAGE/POSSIBLE CAUSE; PRIOR TO DOING ANYTHING FURTHER; MAKING CERTAIN WE HAD NO FIRE. HE RELAYED TO ME; THE L INBOARD TIRE WAS FLAT AND BOTH R MAINS WERE NOT IN PLACE; THEY WERE SCATTERED BACK UP THE RWY BEHIND US. AFTER MAKING CERTAIN WE HAD NO FIRE FROM ABORT; WE CALLED FOR TOW VEHICLE AND VAN TO REMOVE PAX AND ACFT. MY FIRST REACTION TO THIS EVENT WAS; THAT WE HAD IN FACT; SUFFERED FROM THERMAL EXPANSION PLUGS RELEASING ON ONE OR BOTH R MAINS. MY REASONING FOR THIS WAS BASED ON THE FACT THAT WHERE WE PARK ON THE TAMPA ARPT; IT IS A GOOD 3-4 MI TAXI TO REACH RWY 18R FOR DEP. THEY USE THIS RWY FOR DEPS TO THE S; AS A NOISE ABATEMENT PROC. THUS; I ASSUMED THE PLUGS HAD GIVEN WAY. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED WE HAD NOT LOST ANY OF THOSE PLUGS; THEY WERE ALL INTACT. THE ONLY THING LEFT THAT THE MECHS ASSESSED COULD CAUSE SUCH AN EVENT WOULD BE SOME SORT OF FOREIGN OBJECT BEING ON THE RWY. THE L INBOARD MAIN WAS FLATTENED OR ACTUALLY CUT BY SCATTERING DEBRIS FROM THE WHEELS SEPARATING ON THE R SIDE. THIS WAS A SUCCESSFUL ABORT AND ONE I WOULD NOT LIKE TO HAVE TO MAKE AGAIN. IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CATASTROPHIC/FATAL EVENT. I HAVE A STRONG FEELING ABOUT RWY DEBRIS OR ANY TYPE OF FOD FOR THAT MATTER AND THIS EVENT; IN MY OPINION; IS A CLR CASE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN TOTALLY AVOIDED IF THE ARPT AUTHORITIES UTILIZED SOME TYPE OF INSPECTION PROCESS; RATHER THAN MERELY WAITING ON SOMEONE TO RPT DEBRIS ON THE RWY OR TXWYS. WE WERE FORTUNATE IN OUR ABORT; SOMEONE ELSE MAY NOT BE QUITE SO FORTUNATE. THIS IS A SERIOUS MATTER AND ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE SERIOUSLY ADDRESSED.