9:30am: Lauri Miller is at the scene of the fire, and tells My Ballard that the fire appears to be out. Still no confirmation on what started the blaze, but we’ll update when Seattle Fire releases that information.
Update 9:10am: Ballard resident Eric sent us the below photo of the fire, which he passed on his walk to work this morning.
Original: Seattle Fire is currently responding to a fire in the vacant Ballard Blossom building on NW Market Street.
Both east and westbound lanes are blocked on Market Street — SDOT recommends taking alternate routes.
No injuries have been reported, and the cause of the fire is unclear — we’ll update when we learn more.