Posted: Feb 28, 2014 5:53 AM EST
Updated: Feb 28, 2014 7:35 AM EST
By Mary Gleason - mary.gleason@cbsatlanta.com
By Rebekka Schramm - rebekka.schramm@cbsatlanta.com
Courtesy: Alpharetta Fire Department
Courtesy: Alpharetta Fire Department
ATLANTA (CBS46) -
Firefighters managed to salvage vaccines from an office inside a heavily damaged a medical building in Alpharetta hours after it went up in flames Friday morning.
A passerby reported the fire on Crabapple Road just before 3:30 a.m. When firefighters arrived, flames were shooting from the roof of the two-level structure. Firefighters battling the blaze had to retreat when the roof began to collapse.
Several businesses were housed in the building, including Roswell Pediatrics on the first floor and a dental office on the second floor.
Smoke billowed well into the morning as fire crews, positioned on ladder trucks, continued to pour water into the building.
Alpharetta firefighters were able to salvage two coolers full of vaccines from a room inside Roswell Pediatrics. Office administrator Laurie Viebrock told CBS46 News that the vaccines - thousands of dollars worth - were not damaged.
"They went above and beyond," Viebrock said of the firefighters.
Investigators are trying to pinpoint where and how the fire started.
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