COBB COUNTY, Ga. - A longtime Cobb County bookstore is temporarily closed after smoke and soot from a neighboring business fire caused extensive damage.

Cobb County shopping center fire

What we know:

Bookmiser, a local favorite along Roswell Road, was covered in smoke and soot after a fire broke out at an electronics repair shop in the same shopping plaza on the morning of September 28.

Fire investigators say the blaze may have started from a lithium battery, though the cause remains under investigation. While the flames were contained to the repair store, the smoke spread through the entire building, leaving several neighboring businesses unable to reopen.

Bookmiser closed by smoke, soot

What they're saying:

"We share an attic—we don’t have firewalls—so smoke came from the Owl Sh

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