Firefighters with Ocala Fire Rescue are battling a commercial structure fire Saturday morning along North Magnolia Avenue, prompting law enforcement to close a multi-block stretch of the roadway.
According to dispatch logs, emergency personnel responded to the active commercial fire in the 700 block of North Magnolia Avenue at approximately 7:25 a.m.
Multiple fire engines and command units arrived on scene to extinguish the blaze, as heavy smoke blanketed the surrounding North Magnolia Business Community district on Saturday morning.
As of 8:30 a.m., the Ocala Police Department has still kept North Magnolia Avenue, between NE 5th Street and NE 9th Street, closed to through traffic…