ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Dozens of artists are devastated after a fire destroyed artwork inside of an East Atlanta art studio warehouse on Wednesday.

Around 30 artists worked at the space and tried to salvage any pieces they could on Friday.

Jonathan Imafidor said he still can’t believe it. He is a sculptor and lost almost everything he’d worked on, except one surviving piece – a sculpture called “Rebirth,” which is made of scrap metal and captures the lives of Africans and African-Americans.

“When I got into the studio and I saw him standing... I could not hold back tears,” he said. “It was really tough to see everything was gone, but to see him there reaching out to me with the light...”

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