[Tex/LaTex] Single-column figure makes other column blank

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I am editing a two-column paper (IEEE Conference Template) and there are some single-column figures to put into it. The code is listed below:

\begin{figure}[t!]
\centering
\vspace{-0.1in}
\includegraphics[width=3.3in]{Figures/intervals_top1.png}
\vspace{-0.1in}
\caption{
(a) Fractions of SP intervals by size for the best site.
(b) The contributions of each size SP interval to duty 
factor.  Results for a range of stranded power models. The percentage below 
each is the duty factor.}
\vspace{-0.08in}
\label{fig:intervals_top1}
\end{figure}

However, putting this figure in one column will leave the other column on the right blank (see below). If I remove this figure, there will be no blank any more.
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Best Answer

I was also having the same problem when using IEEEtran.cls. In the template they have provided, \usepackage{stfloats} was mentioned. When I commented this, this problem was solved. I hope this will solve your issue as well.

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