SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A San Francisco nonprofit is trying to build a better Bay Area by cultivating up and coming inventors and entrepreneurs, but a recent fire has some wondering what’s next.
“The smoke damage on the walls is pretty significant. The water reached around four to five inches,” explained Ryan Spurlock, Founder and Executive Director of Humanmade; the nonprofit provides space, tools, and training to inventors and entrepreneurs.
“This is where the fire started, we believe we were told essentially it started right here in the power strip that burnt up the 3D printers there and a lot of the equipment in the middle section here,” said Spurlock.
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“Obviously we were scared because of our robots there and everything,” said …