🌱 What we know about the Buena Place lightning-sparked apartment fire
Horizon West, Florida Patch AM: a 3 min readHi Horizon West! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- What we know about the Buena Place lightning-sparked apartment fire
Also on today's calendar: Horizon West Block Party and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the new employee hide from his boss? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Monday: A p.m. t-storm in spots, with a high of 92 and low of 76 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Tuesday: A thunderstorm in spots, temps: high: 92, low: 76.
- Wednesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 97 and low of 77 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Lightning Strike Suspected in Buena Place Apartment Fire Along Reams Road (horizonwestinfo.com) — A suspected lightning strike ignited a Sunday fire at Buena Place Apartments on Reams Road, damaging 10 units and displacing residents while Orange County Fire Rescue deployed dozens of units and a drone. With one person hospitalized and a fire watch in place overnight, the incident underscores how quickly Horizon West’s routine summer storms can become dangerous. 
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because good employees are hard to find (Thank you Pete C. for sending it in!)
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