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What you need to know about Florida today
› South Florida brush fire that has burned more than 20,500 acres now 90% contained, official says
Crews gained an upper hand Sunday on a brush fire that has burned more than 20,500 acres in South Florida, and crossed into southwest Broward County, after weekend rain helped douse the flames. The fire, which started Wednesday near the Miami-Dade and Broward county line, was 90% contained as of Sunday morning, according to Florida Forest Service Everglades District spokesman David Rosenbaum.
› Inside the effort to close Piney Point and keep Tampa Bay safe
The site of the former Piney Point fertilizer plant is still an environmental threat hanging like an anvil over Tampa Bay. But one year since a reservoir on the property sprang a leak — leading to the release of 215 million gallons of polluted water into the bay — new management is offering a sense of hope that an end to the danger is within reach.
› TEA Jacksonville build-out in review
The city is reviewing permits for the build-out for TEA to move across the river Downtown from the Northbank TIAA Bank Center to the Southbank Riverplace Tower. The Jacksonville-based public power services firm employs 170 people in Jacksonville and 50 near Seattle. The Energy Authority, which calls itself TEA, provides services for public power companies.
› Axiom Space’s civilian launch to space station gives UCF scientists chance to study eyes & brains
This week all eyes will be on the Axiom Space civilian crew rocketing up to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center, but University of Central Florida researchers will be more interested in the eyes, and other organs, of the four space travelers when they return to Earth.
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