Roads reopened following Charlotte County brush fire

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A brush fire burned Thursday in Charlotte County near Interstate 75 and Harborview Road. (Photo via Alex Nantes)

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. Harborview Road has reopened after a 7-acre brush fire shut it down near Interstate 75 for about an hour Thursday afternoon, Florida Highway Patrol said.

The ramp from southbound I-75 to Harborview also reopened, but the on-ramp from eastbound Harborview to southbound I-75 remains closed.

The fire is 95 percent contained, Charlotte County fire spokeswoman Dee Hawkins-Garland said.

East Port Environmental Campus, a Charlotte County government building at 25550 Harborview Road, Unit 1, was evacuated, according to Charlotte County Fire and Emergency Medical Services. That building has since reopened.

Crews are using a nearby retention lake to help put out the fire, Hawkins-Garland said.

No further information is immediately available.

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