Fire coursed through the shops of the historic Eastern Market on Capitol Hill early Monday morning, gutting the southern half of the 134-year-old landmark.

It took 160 District firefighters two hours to extinguish the blaze, which tore through the roof and all but demolished the collection of meat, produce and other shops popular with neighborhood residents and throughout the region.

From washingtonpost.com.

This is terrible. One of the city’s best places to visit. I can only imagine what the vendors there are going through…

Update: There is a Flickr set available.