Common Roots Brewing Company in South Glens Falls is picking up the pieces after a devastating fire Monday night. Wednesday evening the GoFundMe for the fire reached near its $10,000 goal in five hours.

The website says a total of $6,578 was raised by 23 people within that time frame, with the numbers still climbing up as this article was written.

The call came in just after 7 p.m. and flames quickly grew, burning right up through the roof. Several departments from Saratoga, Warren, and Washington counties were called in to help.

The fire chief told Spectrum News everyone got out safely.

Christian Weber, who opened the brewery with his father Bert about five years ago, told us he was in his office at the time. He said state fire investigators determined it was an accidental fire that started in the exhaust of a boiler, but they do not know the exact cause.

Common Roots broke ground just last week on an expansion to its retail and restaurant space. The company is a staple in the community and has seen the business grow steadily.  

The Weber family's lawyer told us, at the time, the fire was mostly contained to the front portion.

Cleanup crews were already trying to assess the damage of both the structure and the equipment and beer inside. Weber sais Saratoga Eagle, which is the brewery’s distributor, was on its way to pick up and store whatever product was not damaged.

Weber said he had about 20 employees at Common Roots, at the time of the original reporting. He said they already had a staff meeting, and were trying to figure out a plan for those workers, while the brewery remains closed.

At the time, we saw many of those employees on site, helping to go through the back portion of the brewery, to clean up and clear out any product that was not damaged.