UPDATE:
UPDATE 9:11 PM: Traffic is open in all directions. The fire is under investigation.
UPDATE 9:04 PM: Fire is now out. Cause is still unknown. Traffic opening back up shortly.
UPDATE 8:21 PM:Crews continue to battle the blaze.
Medical crews are tending to at least one person, though to be a resident who was near where the fire originated.
ORIGINAL: At 7:34 PM the Salina Fire Department was dispatched to 500 E. Crawford after a report of heavy smoke in a basement hallway of an apartment building.
Heavy smoke was seen coming from the building when crews arrived on the scene.
Crews are still on the scene at 8:04 pm and Crawford St is still blocked to traffic at 2nd St.
We will update this story as more information is released.